Flying most aircraft requires a pilot's license, but there are a few exceptions, like ultralight helicopters. However, there's a lot you should know first.

The Zapata AirScooter is a hybrid-electric, single-seat VTOL aircraft designed to make personal flight simple and accessible.

The author, a 68-year-old beginner, recounts an exhilarating ultralight flying experience in Louisiana, guided by an experienced instructor, highlighting a successful takeoff, flight maneuvers, and ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wild aircraft are the hallmark of AirVenture, the world’s largest get-together for pilots, which starts today in Oshkosh, ...

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 ...

I had just finished packing my suitcase and refueling my rental car, ready to depart L’Agulhas, a sleepy fishing village built on the soft green hills and limestone rocks of Africa’s southernmost ...

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November 23, 2004 The CT2K ultralight sports aircraft is so compact it almost looks like a toy. Yet with only a 9.3m wingspan, 2.16m height, 6.22m width and 262kg (empty) weight, it can travel over ...

For a price of a luxury electric car, you can now buy a personal electric plane that can take you to as high as 1,500 meters (4,921 feet) in the sky without a pilot license. The Swedish startup Jetson ...