Read Davin Coburn's flying blog and listen to him discuss his adventure. Listen to Davin Coburn adventure as he describes it on the Popular Mechanics Show (podcast). We're off the ground early, seven ...

Volocopter presents the newly developed VoloXPro aircraft — an electrically powered ultralight multicopter. Target groups in Europe include flight schools, flying clubs, air sports enthusiasts, ...

American company Ryse Aerotech has released video of its first manned flight test, undertaken back in June. The Recon eVTOL is pitched as a buy 'n' fly ultralight aircraft that farmers and ranchers ...

The small airplane falls sideways through the air. Its fabric-covered wings akimbo to the line it's following, like if someone where walking with one hip thrust awkwardly forward. To the uneducated ...

What if there was a way to fulfill your dreams of taking to the skies behind the controls of an aircraft without the certificate? It turns out, through some clever engineering and extensive testing, a ...

Capt. Alessio Ghersi was flying with a relative on an ultralight aircraft when the aircraft crashed killing both occupants. An Alpi Aviation Pioneer 300 ultralight, registration I-8548, crashed for ...