A scene once reserved for science fiction has now become reality in American skies. California-based startup Pivotal has ...

You need a pilot's license to fly most aircraft. However, a loophole allows you to fly certain ultralight aircraft with no formal training. Here's how it works.

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 ...

Dozens watched in awe as a single-seat, all-electric "flying car" flew around a test track at The Center for Automotive ...

A single-seat all-electric flying car completed a public test flight, marking a major step toward personal air mobility ...

You have to learn to walk before you run – this would work as the guiding principle behind Hexa, a small and ultralight flying car expected to start making short-distance recreational flights this ...

The article features a 2000 Quicksilver GT400 as "Today's Top Pick" from Aircraft For Sale, praising it as a staple in the ultralight world. Quicksilver aircraft are popular among adventurous pilots ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ultralights are allowed to reach 14,000 feet in altitude, but can go higher with waivers. There are four major categories of ultralights: Hang glider trikes; fixed-wing, open cockpit planes; powered ...

When Nancy Ullmann was golfing with her family at about 5 p.m. Saturday on the eighth hole at Lisbon's Songbird Hills Golf Club, she was struck by how low and loud an aircraft was. The aircraft ...