Flying in ultralight aircraft is showing renewed signs of life after several years in which the tiny planes were beset by problems of reliability and stratospheric insurance rates. Some early ...

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 ...

Q: We live around the Imperial Wildlife Area (Wister Unit) and over the past two years we’ve seen an influx of ultralight aircraft flying over the area, sometimes very low. For example, on June 15 we ...