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Here’s hoping your summer flying fun continues for many weeks to come!

The problem in buying an airplane is finding the right one

The ICON A5 is finally here, and it’s even better than expected

ICON A5 SPECIFICATIONS Standard Base Price: $197,000 Price As Flown (ICON 100 Founders Edition): $247,000 Engine: Rotax 912 (100 hp) (optional 912 iS) Seats: 2 Gear: Retractable gear Gross Weight (lbs.): 1510 Useful Load (lbs.): 430-550 Fuel Capacity: 20 gal usable Fuel: 91 octane auto gas or 100LL PERFORMANCE Fuel Burn: 3.8 gph @ cruise […]

Updated 8/21/15 — This article has been updated with a reader comment seen at the bottom. When the SP/LSA regulation was announced 11 years ago nearly all registered Light-Sport Aircraft originated in Europe. Indeed, the first two accepted as SLSA were the Evektor SportStar and Flight Design’s CT series. For several early years, Europe accounted […]

Aircraft Spruce West will host its annual Customer Appreciation Day on Saturday, October 10th at its Corona, California location.

Aircraft Spruce has an opportunity for you to sell your old headset and upgrade to a new top-of-the-line one.

For 40 years, A.E.R.O. has been committed to supplying pilots and mechanics with the products they have come to trust.

The focus of this event emphasizes the importance of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) through a direct hands-on interaction with industry leaders.

Icon recently won FAA acceptance as the California company demonstrated meeting ASTM standards for their A5 seaplane and made a big show out of delivering the first airplane to EAA Young Eagles … the same move, by the way, as Cessna did with their Skycatcher. We expect Icon’s future to work out better as they […]