GILFORD — A new light sport aircraft took to the skies above Laconia on Monday and turned some heads along the way. A team from ICON Aircraft, headquartered in Vacaville, Calif., came to the Laconia ...

Today's Top Pick is a 2018 ICON A5. The ICON A5 is one of the most distinctive aircraft to emerge in the 21st century.

ICON Aircraft said it has incorporated performance-enhancing upgrades into the 2024 ICON A5 amphibious light sport aircraft (LSA) that shorten its takeoff distance and boost useful load. The ...

An A5 amphibious light sport aircraft on display at Icon Aircraft’s exhibit at the Experimental Aviation Association AirVenture Oshkosh event in July 2023. Credit: Molly McMillin Icon Aircraft based ...

Icon Aircraft, the US-based manufacturer of the A5 amphibious light-sport aircraft, has filed for bankruptcy protection in US court and is seeking a buyer as part of a broad restructuring. The ...

Icon Aircraft successfully completed spin-resistance test flights of its A5 amphibious light-sport aircraft. The aircraft demonstrated compliance with FAA’s Part 23 spin-resistance standards. Icon ...

Icon Aircraft’s A5 had a rough start in life, with two high-profile accidents dominating headlines in 2017, just as the company was rolling out its first airframes to the public. But despite the two ...

The FAA’s MOSAIC rule takes effect October 22, 2025 for sport-pilot changes and July 24 2026 for airworthiness changes, ...