Ultralight aircraft offer an accessible entry into aviation for beginners, as they typically do not require a pilot's license or extensive training, making them a fun and often DIY-friendly hobby.

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 ...

Wild aircraft are the hallmark of AirVenture, the world’s largest get-together for pilots, which starts today in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) airshow last year ...

Walhalla, South Carolina-based Just Aircraft, makers of the SuperSTOL extreme short field performer, is developing an Ultralight for the Part 103 market. Named Just 103, the single-seat Ultralight is ...

You need a pilot's license to fly most aircraft. However, a loophole allows you to fly certain ultralight aircraft with no ...

For a price of a luxury electric car, you can now buy a personal electric plane that can take you to as high as 1,500 meters (4,921 feet) in the sky without a pilot license. The Swedish startup Jetson ...

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 ...