A seaplane is no different than a power boat — it just gets into the water in a slightly different manner,” said Ray Hawkins, ...

Icon Aircraft plans to significantly increase production of its A5 light sport amphibian, aiming for 200 deliveries in 2018. The company has addressed previous production halts and challenges, ...

Explore Boardroom, where Yahoo and Boardroom Sports cover the business and culture behind the biggest sports stories. It’s a Jet Ski with wings, a high-performance sport aircraft that has now been ...

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, ...

The foldable, two-person Icon A5 light sport aircraft is undeniably cool. Need proof? Check out this article and accompanying video of our travel editor taking a pre-production version of the plane ...

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 ...

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 ...

Right now, a revolution is occuring in aviation. If you haven’t noticed, the team here at GP enjoys a healthy dose of vehicular obsession, be it by land, sea or air. That’s why we are excited that ...

As we cut through the skies over the Hudson River and traced a loop around the Statue of Liberty, I spent as much time glancing down at the instrument cluster as I did peering out the window. That ...

Icon Aircraft announced the upcoming primary category certification of the Icon A5, enabling international sales and registration. The certified A5 will feature a Garmin 796 avionics suite and new ...

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 ...

Now (just about) any idiot can fly a plane with very little instruction. Are we all doomed? Or are we all going to have a blast? The new ICON A5 is not just a new airplane, though it is a really cool ...