Icon A5 Specs. Icon A5 Light-Sport Aircraft Review. By Plane and Pilot Updated February 22 2016 Save Article.
By Plane and Pilot Updated February 22 2016 Save Article. But thanks to some amazing design and technology this plane is somehow. The ICON A5 is an American amphibious light-sport aircraft designed and produced by ICON AircraftA concept aircraft was first flown in 2008 and creation of the production tooling began in December 2012.
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.
Prior to hopping inside the Icon A5s cockpit I had never set foot inside a single-engine aircraft -- let alone flown one. Test-fly the ICON A5. The Icon A5 is the first production airplane to meet full envelope FAA part 23 spin resistance standards. Karkow had commercial single- and multiengine land and seaplane ratings as well as glider and rotorcraft certificates and he had logged nearly 600 flight.
