Popular kitplanes can now make the most of increased gross weight. The post Zenith Aircraft Owners First to Benefit From New ...

homebuilt aircraft often referred to as amateur-built aircraft or kit planes are constructed by individuals who are not professional Builders these aircraft can be built from scratch using plans or ...

FLYING Media Group is launching "Affordable Aviation," a new media brand dedicated to covering light sport aircraft (LSA), ultralights, and sport pilot-eligible kit aircraft. The existing ByDanJohnson ...

(September 2011) To be sure, Experimental amateur-built (aka homebuilt) aircraft are not light-sport aircraft and never can be. But does that mean sport pilots can’t fly them? Apparently, there’s ...

Editor’s note: This is the first in a two-part series on FAA certification of light sport and electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. The second can be found here. A proposed rule modification ...

While the FAA reviews new regulations to okay light sports helicopters, aerospace companies Advanced Tactics and Rotor X have teamed up to use military helicopter technology to create a fly-by-wire ...

Terrafugia Inc. announced this week that it reached a milestone in its road to bringing the Transition roadable aircraft to market. The FAA granted Terrafugia a FAA Special Light-Sport Aircraft (LSA) ...

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has finalised a rule significantly expanding its definition of light-sport aircraft (LSA), opening the category to far more designs and possibly making ...

Editor’s note: This is the second in a two-part series on FAA certification of light sport and electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. The first can be found here. The FAA is proposing a rule ...