Ultralight pilot community claims discrimination as Yuba County Airport relents on its ban of the lightweight flying machines.

California manufacturer Alef Aeronautics said Tuesday that it began production on its Model A Ultralight—a “drive-and-fly” ...

The first units of Model A Ultralight are being assembled by hand in California, with the few units going out to early adopters for real-world testing ...

We approach the takeoff end of the runway. I go through the preflight checks — ailerons go up and down, rudder moves freely, elevators the same. It’s 7:30 a.m. as we depart St. John’s Airport in ...

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 ...

US startup Alef begins building electric flying cars in California, bringing Model A—with 220-mile drive, 110-mile ...

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 ...

Courtesy photo / Ultralight pilot Dean Marcaurelle of Altoona has been flying ultralights for 22 years. Despite the cold, rainy weather, Dean Marcaurelle of Altoona took to the skies Oct. 1, one of ...

LODA --;In the world of competitive ultralight flight, a rural Loda man soars above the best in the United States. Dan Grunloh has twice won the U.S. ultralight competition. Grunloh, who is 58 and has ...

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 ...