Experimental

On October 6 2009 Martin Aircraft Company had its first five customers pay to be jetpack pilots and fly the Martin Jetpack. You can see from this video the thrill they had. All five customers were novice pilots, and they all made safe solo flights. As part of the development of the Martin Jetpack Experience...
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Aquaglide 5 passenger Russian Wing-in-Ground Effect Hovercraft A small passenger WIG-craft of Type A (cannot leave wing-in-ground effect) under the IMO classification designed for transportation of five people, with speeds of up to 170 km/h and a range of 450 km. This is a very fast and extremely low-flying WIG/hovercraft hybrid and is capable of traveling...
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It is safe to bet that a flying motorcycle will never be a practical transportation option, but that has not stopped Samson Motorworks, a small engineering firm in northern California’s Sierra Nevada foothills, from playing the long odds. The company is building a prototype of its Switchblade Multi Mode Vehicle, or flying motorcycle, and hopes...
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Federal Aviation Administration officials arrived in Calloway County Saturday morning to investigate the cause of a plane crash that killed a Pleasant View, Tennessee man Christmas Day. At least three FAA officials met with Kentucky State Police at 591 Redbud Road; the site the crash. A plane described as a “small experimental-type” by Calloway Emergency...
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MURRAY, KY (KFVS) – Officials are responding to a fatal plane crash in Calloway County. Keith Todd with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet tells Heartland News details are sketchy right now, but the aircraft is believed to be an experimental plane. The National Transportation Safety Board has been notified. Stay with Heartland News and KFVS12.com for the...
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A Boynton Beach pilot apparently died Saturday in a plane crash in the Bahamas, but details were so sketchy that even the pilot’s wife had yet to receive official word of her husband’s death. One person died when a so-called home-built plane registered to Lawrence L. Littlefield, 60, crashed on Berry Island in the Bahamas,...
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An aircraft that combines oversized lorry load role, serious competence and ignoble price is fetching make in a hangar disinvolved Toledo, Ohio, and could be airborne next year. Dynalifter is to all intents airship, somewhat by airplane and the divine and engineering successor to Howard Hughes’ not ever-built Megalifter. It combines the turn up avoirdupois...
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An experimental airplane of the same series recommended for grounding months ago has been involved in a fatal crash in Arkansas. In April, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) urged the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to ground the Zodiac CH-601XL, but the FAA said it lacked justification for such an action. The safety board had...
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We had a frozen throttle cable so had to do a deadstick landing. 3500′ at 1.5 NM. glide sink rate is 800fpm. No injuries and no damage. Challenger Ultralight deadstick landing from Mike Jones on Vimeo.
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NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — For almost 60 historic seconds in March, the Transition — half car, half airplane — soared over New York’s Plattsburgh International Airport. The airborne minute was the first successful test flight for the two-seat, road-ready aircraft. “Our test pilot’s comment was that it was an unremarkable flight,” says Carl Dietrich, CEO...
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Update #3  One day after his experimental airplane crashed into the Gulf of Mexico, neighbors say pilot Kleber Murray is recovering. Neighbors say it was after Murray’s plane lost power at an altitute of about 100 feet, that is took a nose dive into the water. Nearby boaters were able to rescue Murray and he was taken...
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PLANT CITY — Two people were killed when a single-engine, two-seat experimental airplane crashed shortly before noon in eastern Hillsborough County, authorities said. It crashed into some trees off Tangled Oaks Place, a rural location southeast of Plant City. It’s north of State Road 60 and just west of the Hillsborough-Polk county line. Read more
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A single-engine aircraft approaching Phoenix Dear Valley Airport had to make an emergency landing in Northwest Phoenix Saturday morning, authorities said. After encountering engine problems, the pilot was forced to land the plane on 43rd Avenue south of Pinnacle Peak Road at about 9:20 a.m., said Laura Brown, a spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration. The...
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An experimental plane hit an SUV while it was crashing.  So who pays? Las Vegas, NV – A woman whose SUV was hit by a plane is having problems getting that SUV fixed. Last month an experimental plane swiped the top of Candace Porter’s SUV during an emergency landing. She’s physically okay, but she can’t understand why the ordeal...
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A plane crash in Southern California has injured one.  Not many details yet.  Read More. And more.
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