Sarah Deener

Forget everything you knew about sport pilots and light sport aircraft. The Modernization of Special Airworthiness Certification (MOSAIC) final rule published in July rewrites the regulations for this segment of aviation, with significant benefits to pilots, aircraft manufacturers, aircraft owners, and maintenance professionals. But, months after the hundreds of pages of changes were released in the Federal Register, many of us are still wondering: What does this mean for me?

Shannon Hankins has a dilemma. The pilot and co-owner of Scissortail Aerosport in Tulsa, Oklahoma, has been showing off the composite GoGetAir G750 to prospective customers since taking the first U.S. delivery in 2023. But so far, he and business partner Alan Jackson have only sold one airplane.

July 3, 2015. The sun is cresting over the horizon as André Borschberg approaches the runway at Hawaii’s Kalaeloa Airport (JRF) in the Solar Impulse 2. The crowd below has been waiting all night for the conclusion to the most challenging leg of the solar-powered aircraft’s around-the-world journey, and ground crew begin dancing before the airplane touches down. If an airplane can fly 117 hours and 52 minutes and more than 4,000 miles nonstop on solar power alone, what else is possible using clean energy?

Robinson Helicopter Co. and electric propulsion developer magniX announced an electric R66 collaboration with a mission to test the waters.

Pilots will be able to fly common aircraft such as the Piper Cherokee and Cessna 182 under sport pilot rules in about three months, the FAA announced July 22 at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in Wisconsin.

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Pilots will be able to fly common aircraft such as the Piper Cherokee and Cessna 182 under sport pilot rules in about three months, the FAA announced July 22 at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in Wisconsin.

When Wilbur Wright first journeyed to the remote outpost of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, his host described life on the Outer Banks as one of “double-barreled isolation.” Today the string of barrier islands is replete with vacationers, with vacation houses, putt-putt golf courses, shops, and restaurants lining the 148-mile stretch of North Carolina Highway 12.

When Wilbur Wright first journeyed to the remote outpost of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, his host described life on the Outer Banks as one of “double-barreled isolation.” Today the string of barrier islands is replete with vacationers, with vacation houses, putt-putt golf courses, shops, and restaurants lining the 148-mile stretch of North Carolina Highway 12.

An Australian company aims to replace fossil fuels in aviation with its hydrogen electric propulsion system—starting with the Beechcraft Bonanza.