The Ultimate Flying Machine: Sexy as a Sports Car, Portable as a Jet Ski (Wired News)

On the shore of Lake Isabella, about 150 miles north of Los Angeles, a crowd of flight techs, most of them either pierced or tattooed, swarms around a small white airplane. It's called an Icon A5 . It's a collaboration between an F-16 pilot and a skateboard designer, and it looks like an odd, rakish sea monster. Today is the plane's first flight. Aeronautical calculations, computer ...

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