ICON Featured in Wired

The January issue of Wired Magazine included in a six-page feature article on ICON titled "The Ultimate Flying Machine." A Wired video accompanied the piece and was showcased on the main page of Yahoo!. Author Carl Hoffman, also a Wired editor, attended ICON's private unveiling in June and the A5's first test flight a month later.

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[emforty2]

This guy has lots guts to develop an aircraft like this

plain minded people just dont understand or know how difficult to get one developed and certified.

I applaud his guts a modern day aviation pioneer thinking outside the box

this is the type of people we desperately need in the USA

[sungwoo1983]

Dear Santa, I've been good this year. I want this.

[airste172]

@emforty2 Bernie Madoff had guts too. ;)

[airste172]

@usa1327 "Your" A5 can't go up to 10,000' either since it doesn't exist. YES, there's a prototype or two and from what I've seen, it looks pretty, but not a single PRODUCT has been built and in the hands of a buyer. There's been so much hype about the A5 that I'm beginning to wonder if they are even capable of producing it at all. I saw video of one being put together, but no assembly line and no completed aircraft ready for delivery.

[usa1327]

@airste172 can your sports car fly up to 10 thousand feet? nope didnt think so :)

[sadra36]

Did anyone notice "NUTS" on 2:49!? LOL

[airste172]

Yeah, think about sports cars, then realize that a sports car will easily go faster than this airplane (such as it is). How sporty is that for a price tag of 140 big ones??? LOL

[BlackAnvil47]

2 thumbs!

[BlobIslandGame]

Hey dude ill trade u my cat for one of these

[brucenash]

Expensive shit! buy a sonex or a mustang II

[ericvid]

plus you need to consider the landing on water, jets skis, boats, kayakers, plus you must land on water if you get the folding wings, very limited

[ygmfmh]

Mountain lakes mean high altitude, and I think a Rotax will have some trouble at 10,000 feet. Add in some wind, warm temperatures, and you’re not going to do a lot of mountain flying in an Icon.

It would be a neat toy. It’s the fold-able wings that interest me. That would probably add another $20,000 to the price, I’m guessing. You don’t need a medical check to fly it, and I think only 20 hours of training.