Light Sport Aircraft (LSA) manufacturer, ICON Aircraft, has announced two major design enhancements aimed at to simplifying aircraft complexity and increase safety in its A5 amphibious, two-seat, ...
Excuse us while we forget journalistic neutrality and gush about a badass airplane that will help more people get into amateur aviation. Having been to numerous airplane launches, I can tell you with ...
These aren’t words you want to hear from your pilot, but moments after Genesah Duffy speaks them, a bleating alarm fills our Icon A5 aircraft. Though Duffy is in control, I’m sitting in the pilot’s ...
From up in the air, the landscape around the Historic Triangle is a vast swathe of greens and blues, dotted with houses and trees and intersected by the James River. Some call this bird’s eye view the ...
Small amphibians are sort of the hot hatchbacks of the aviation world and one aimed at the beginner pilot is always worth a look see. At EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Light Sport Aircraft (LSA ...
The Icon A5, a two-seat amphibious light-sport aircraft, surprisingly excels in ease of flight and stability despite the author's initial skepticism about its design-first approach. Its core design ...
The article highlights a 2022 ICON A5 as "Today's Top Pick," emphasizing its design as an amphibious light sport aircraft blending fun with practical capabilities. The ICON A5 is presented as an easy ...
Icon Aircraft’s amphibious A5 takes pilots and passengers for a joyride. It was a typically sunny October morning in the Southern California city of Hermosa Beach when a tiny airplane made a water ...
Most people who aspire to become private pilots start with flight school before thinking about buying an airplane. But Icon Aircraft, a California start-up, has orders to deliver 2,000 of its new ...
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...
About 20 minutes into my test flight aboard the Icon A5, the cockpit alarm started blaring. The angle-of-attack (AoA) display in front of me, an ingeniously designed gauge that seemed so delightful ...