A Plane You Can Park in the Garage: The ICON A5

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/10/01/Kirk_Hawkins__Steen_Strand_on_Designing_the_ICON_A5

Steen Strand and Kirk Hawkins, founders of ICON Aircraft, describe the features of their groundbreaking A5 light-sport aircraft. They show video demonstrating the personal aircraft handles more like a Jet Ski than a Cessna.

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Kirk and Steen speak to design's power to unleash new markets. They tell the story of how ICON Aircraft set out to maximize the vast potential of the FAA's regulatory changes by creating, for the first time, a recreational powersport for flying.

They discuss the challenges in the development of the ICON A5, an airplane that makes flying more accessible, safer, and more enticing than ever before. - IDEO Know How Talks

Before graduating from Stanford Business School in 2005 and founding ICON, Kirk Hawkins flew F-16s in the U.S. Air Force and 767s for American Airlines. Prior to the USAF, he worked in both aviation and aerospace engineering most of his early career.

After earning his BS in Mechanical Engineering from Clemson University, he was the Director of Engineering at an aerospace contractor before returning for his Masters in Engineering from Stanford University in 1995, specializing in manufacturing.

Steen Strand is a seasoned sports product entrepreneur with 14 years of hands-on operational startup experience. Strand's expertise is in product design, marketing and brand building. Early in his career he worked at IDEO, one of the world's leading design consultancies before founding Freebord, a skateboard company with a global subculture of fanatical riders.

He later served as COO and Director of Product at Secara, a funded healthcare startup. Steen received his MS in Product Design from Stanford University, where he periodically instructs courses in Product Design. Steen's designs have been featured in numerous TV shows, websites and magazines, including Time, Forbes, Newsweek and Wired.

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[haimajide]

type in "ski crashes" in the youtube search and click the video with stars in the title to be shocked!

[lolificatore]

i got one!!!!! the best evar!!!!!

[Dillon1108]

@cucaratsa76 yes you can easily, Some even go for $89,000

[MrDevinator12]

awesome for airsoft

[cucaratsa76]

@Dillon1108 you dont get ferrari with 140 000

[Dillon1108]

i'd rather have this than a ferrari :)

[800rider1]

That's awesome!

[cucaratsa76]

in what category A5 belongs?is this a 3 axis plane?

[Armydude771]

Dear santa,

[myrddinistheshit]

great plane but the boring host killed the atmosphere

[tenrazo215]

This plane I'd like to fly both ways: RC and Ride-on!

[917kporsche]

To have that plane once in a lifetime is well worth over a hundred grand!! Really great work, I'm very impressed, it looks like it can handle technical water landings utilizing its adept turning ability. Do you make helicopters?!! I'd love to see what you'd come up with for that application! Cheers