The FAA created the LSA category to establish rules for the manufacture, certification, operation and maintenance of light-sport aircraft such as airplanes, gliders, balloons, powered parachutes ...

A 1946 Ercoupe 415-C is featured, priced at $29,000, boasting updated avionics and a recently overhauled engine. This classic aircraft is described as simple, affordable, and charming, ideal for ...

One reason for the new rule is advances in avionics that allow the FAA to require that light sport helicopters be equipped with fly-by-wire systems that make the craft easier to fly even in the ...

Editor’s note: This is the first in a two-part series on FAA certification of light sport and electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. The second can be found here. A […] ...