Alef Aeronautics has begun production of its Model A Ultralight, a "drive-and-fly" vehicle intended for initial testing by a select group of early customers under controlled conditions. This ...

Pivotal is a Palo Alto-based company developing an ultralight, electric aircraft for recreational use and short-haul travel.

The small airplane falls sideways through the air. Its fabric-covered wings akimbo to the line it's following, like if someone where walking with one hip thrust awkwardly forward. To the uneducated ...

Yuba County supervisors last week voted to allow ultralight planes to fly from the Yuba County Airport, ending what amounted to a yearslong ban of the recreational flying machines that prompted a ...

There was a time when having your own plane was a pretty clear indicator that you were part of that upper crust of society. If it was a pricey and rare electric plane, then all the more. But those ...

A bill introduced by U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, a Tucson Democrat, would amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to include ultralight aircraft under the aviation smuggling provisions. That would allow ...