The only Black manufacturer of ultralight aircraft in the country lives on a farm in rural Edgecombe County. Over decades of perseverance, Silvester Hill overcame racial discrimination and pushback to ...

Two decades after electric vehicles began reshaping ground transportation, a new category of electric aircraft is beginning ...

RYSE Aero Tech, electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) developer, announced this week that it has begun conducting manned test flights of its ultralight eVTOL, the RYSE RECON. The aircraft does ...

Belite Aircraft has begun selling the Belite 254 single-seat ultralight as a kit and fully assembled aircraft. The Belite 254 completed its first flight at the manufacturer's Wichita facility in early ...

Pivotal has delivered 13 BlackFly personal eVTOL prototypes to early customers, including private individuals and the U.S. Air Force, with its production model, Helix, now available for $190,000.

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos tries out the seat in Lift Aircraft’s Hexa ultralight during Amazon’s MARS conference in March. (Lift Aircraft Photo) It’s been nine months since Lift Aircraft announced its plan ...

Introducing the new fully electric DRAGON Personal Air Vehicle (PAV) from Rotor X Aircraft Manufacturing Company. This electric ultralight aircraft comes as a quick-build kit and doesn’t require a ...

A new type of “personal air vehicle” (PAV) is hitting the market, and it will allow everyday folks a chance to take flight — thanks to a technicality in Federal Aviation Administration policy. The ...

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

Flying an ultralight aircraft offers an “amazing” view at a fraction of the cost of getting a pilot’s license, but there are some risks involved, according to a Connecticut man who helped to first ...