The expanded options are expected to encourage greater participation in general aviation.

The first phase of Modernization of Special Airworthiness Certification (MOSAIC) is now live.

The FAA’s MOSAIC rule takes effect October 22, 2025 for sport-pilot changes and July 24 2026 for airworthiness changes, ...

This certificate is the first aircraft production certificate of this type aircraft issued to a China domestic brand aviation manufacturing enterprise by the Civil Aviation Administration of China ...

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) plans to lease two Pipistrel Velis Electro light sport aircraft powered by an electric motor as part of the Agility Prime program, the Textron Aviation ...

The FAA's new MOSAIC rule expands the types of aircraft that sport pilots can fly, including some four-seat models. Sport pilot training requires less flight time than a private pilot's license and is ...

The FAA has released a 300-page unpublished version of a proposed rule that would amend and modernize its approach to regulating light-sport aircraft (LSA) to account for new technologies and use ...

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 ...

Upgraded training aircraft returns after a decade, featuring a Rotax engine and Garmin G500 TXi glass cockpit.

The fuselage is usually just a tangled trellis of thin steel tubing. The cockpit is an open bucket seat, bolted prayerfully to the frame. The power plant is a sputtering, 40-h.p. engine borrowed from ...