General Aviation Aircraft

The agreement includes a historically noteworthy plane, too.

The most successful human-powered aircraft pushed both plane and pilot to the very edge.

The first and only supersonic seaplane was one wild ride.

Here’s where the future begins, how it will work and why you should care.

An experimental approach to creating a great personal flyer, this pusher never got any traction.

No holds barred. If it flies in the air with a pilot at the controls, it qualifies. This list plays no favorites, takes no nostalgia into account. And we guarantee that you’ll hate some of these. Nevertheless, we proudly present our list of the most outrageously great planes ever.

Most ultralight aircraft (officially: “ultralight vehicles”) are rather simple constructions. They must be to stay within the tight constraints of a 254-pound maximum empty weight.* That’s not a negative comment about them. Actually, it’s the opposite. To build a flying airplane that weighs less than the engine alone on a Light-Sport Aircraft, a designer has […]

It wasn’t as bad an idea as you’d think.

ScaleBirds is not your run-of-the-mill kit aircraft company. In truth, all kit builders are amazing to me. People who labor for years to design an aircraft, craft methods for making the constituent parts, assemble it all, work out bugs in construction, fly the aircraft, then smooth any rough edges of its flight qualities, start producing […]

Our fastest-with-the-mostest partner tracks the health and performance of the light aircraft industry and is once again punctual. Datastician Steve Beste has proven his capabilities to collect the registration data quickly, accurately, and with an insider’s viewpoint. Steve is a trike pilot, so he is “one of us.” In his former life he was a […]