It’s effectively a manned RC plane, now legally a Part 103 ultralight. Now all that work is finally bearing fruit. [Peter] is flying this plane on some short hops down a grass runway.
[Peter]’s homebuilt ultralight is actually flying now and not in ground effect, much to the chagrin of YouTube commenters. [Peter Sripol] built a Part 103 ultralight (no license required ...
Part 103 applies to ultralight aircraft that weigh less than 254 pounds, carry only a single occupant, are used for strictly recreational purposes, and meet a few other criteria. Under Part 103 ...
This is simple." Indeed it is. It's classified by the FAA as a Part 103 Ultralight Aircraft, which means you don't have to meet as many standards as, say, a Boeing 747, or even some of the air ...
In the production facility behind, a half-dozen Helixes are in various stages of production. The BlackFly was designed for the FAA’s Part 103 Ultralight category, which requires no formal flight ...
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BENTONVILLE, Arkansas—A personal electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft that requires no pilot certification to fly is taking to the skies of California, Delaware, Kentucky ...
is a mandatory part of the purchase agreement. It involves about 40 hours of flight training in a simulator, basically so you can prove you know the one-person aircraft well enough to fly it.
Soaring a couple hundred feet off the ground, alone in a small aircraft with no piloting experience, sounds like a nightmare to some. But to me, flying solo has been a fantasy since a young Tom ...