"Simplify and add lightness." Someone really smart and special to motoring enthusiasts once said something to that tune, we're sure you know who. But because airplanes tend to be, well, massive, it's ...

Just how do you eat an elephant? Start with the first bite, that’s how. And that’s the aeronautical version of what local resident Allen Maris, 50, of Santa Ynez has bitten off with the construction ...

HPU 210 uses a Kawasaki motorcycle engine combined with an electric motor and batteries VoltAero’s new HPU 210 hybrid-electric powertrain could be used by people building their own light aircraft.

Experimental amateur-built aircraft are no longer a niche curiosity at the far end of the ramp. According to testimony the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) delivered to Congress in 2023, ...

ELDRIDGE, Iowa (KWQC/Gray News) - A group of students in Iowa are working together to build a small airplane. The project began in 2021 when Pleasant Valley High School purchased a kit to build a ...