Icon A5 Night Flying. Three have crashed in 2017. The first production aircraft made its first flight on July 7 2014 and made its public debut at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh on July 27 2014.
I flew in an A5 two years ago when Icon brought the aircraft to New York for media test rides on the Hudson River. We mentioned Roy Halladays crash was the second fatal accident in the Icon A5 this year. I enjoy flying and teaching in them however the ICON A5s design offers a very efficient implementation for its mission.
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OSHKOSH The night before EAA AirVenture opened ICON Aircraft unveiled the first production A5 an aircraft the company refers to as Engineering Serial Number 1 ESN-1. Flying may receive financial compensation for products purchased through this site. Learn more about the design of the ICON A5 how to buy our seaplane the safety features and other attributes that make our seaplane and light sport aircraft unique. A year later at AirVenture it was temporarily.