EXECUTIVE EDITOR

These six fledglings have already left the nest or are just getting ready to spread their wings for the first time.

The Hungarian-designed and Virginia-assembled light sport plane promises fun and efficient flying for recreational pilots.

look at the vertical takeoff and landing aircraft designs that may represent the future of travel around—and between—cities.

The Beijing Red Cross takes delivery of a G550 that has been converted into an airborne emergency room.

The low-boom aircraft could be certified to operate in areas where noise restrictions normally prevent supersonic flight.

Silicon Valley’s Opener may deliver examples of its personal aircraft as early as next year—and you won’t need a pilot’s license to fly one.

The aircraft-engine builder’s design could carry four or five passengers for 500 miles at 250 mph.

Like sports cars of the sky, these aircraft are speedy and stylish—but not necessarily spacious.

Plans call for the Flaris LAR 1 to be initially sold in the United States as an experimental aircraft.

Certification and deliveries of the three-wheeled Pal-V Liberty gyroplane are still at least two years away.