Ultralights are allowed to reach 14,000 feet in altitude, but can go higher with waivers. There are four major categories of ultralights: Hang glider trikes; fixed-wing, open cockpit planes; powered ...

Flying an ultralight aircraft doesn’t require a pilot’s license, registration or — in Illinois, anyway — the use of a restricted landing area. Despite this liberal policy, flying is flying, and it’s ...

GREENLAND — To the untrained eye, it looks like nothing more than a blue lawn chair bolted to a set of wings and strapped to a go-cart engine. But pilot Alan Frost says it’s not only airworthy, it’s a ...