# Hey LAFENGAS: ICON Aircraft **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [September 17, 2009, 2:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hey-lafengas-icon-aircraft/73674 "2009-09-17T14:04:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 5:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hey-lafengas-icon-aircraft/73674/21 "2009-09-18T05:17:24Z")
Yea… i understand :(… you just need to bring a smaller female counterpart… 🙂 (you should bump up your life insurance before you start flying (its a big jump in premium difference… just an fyi) ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 5:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hey-lafengas-icon-aircraft/73674/22 "2009-09-18T05:24:40Z")
> [@Willybeen](#): > > and when its wrecked or something goes wrong… > [@Willybeen](#): > > (you should bump up your life insurance before you start flying… Sounds like someone is afraid of flying 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 5:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hey-lafengas-icon-aircraft/73674/23 "2009-09-18T05:32:50Z")
Sounds like someone sells life insurance. :mamoru: ---
**Author:** ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 5:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hey-lafengas-icon-aircraft/73674/24 "2009-09-18T05:34:08Z")
not lately i dont. i can still but its not my bread and butter. and fyi i fly ALLLL the time… more than i want to :lol: ---
**Author:** ![00zx6r](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/00zx6r/32/7244_2.png) [@00zx6r](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/00zx6r)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 10:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hey-lafengas-icon-aircraft/73674/25 "2009-09-18T10:54:42Z")
i’ll take 2, you know… just in case 😉 ---
**Author:** ![LAFENGAS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lafengas/32/7573_2.png) [@LAFENGAS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LAFENGAS)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 11:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hey-lafengas-icon-aircraft/73674/26 "2009-09-18T11:39:50Z")
FAA aircraft certification is what’s going to take the longest… production has been delayed 9months so far. #199 on the production line…out of 500+ that have made deposites. ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 8:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hey-lafengas-icon-aircraft/73674/27 "2015-07-21T08:06:25Z")
Bump! Getting closer @LAFENGAS [![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/5/4/54a8fdbb40c35b984d48b2ea486a3fefcaf343e3.jpeg "The ICON Experience") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uz7nlgAjcvM) > The FAA has given its final stamp of approval to Icon’s A5 amphibious light sport aircraft, and the first customer delivery will take place July 20 at EAA AirVenture, Icon announced on Wednesday. The final FAA audit took place at the company’s facility in Tehachapi, California, on June 11. “This is just the beginning for us,” said company founder and CEO Kirk Hawkins in a news release. “Icon’s mission is to help reinvent flying by making it more accessible to all those who dream of it. It’s a very personal, heartfelt mission for our team, so this is another proud moment along that journey.” The company says it has 1,250 orders in hand, and plans to deliver 60 of the airplanes in the next 12 months, and as many as 500 a year by 2017. > The all-composite A5 was granted a weight exemption from the FAA for a maximum of 1680 pounds (the regular limit for amphibious LSAs is 1430 pounds) to accommodate extra wing and tail structures required for its spin-resistant design. It has folding wings to make it easier to transport by trailer or store in a garage. The cockpit incorporates automotive styling and the company’s stated goal is to “democratize aviation … by fusing outstanding engineering with world-class consumer product design.” It’s powered by a Rotax 912iS, and sells for $197,000 to $250,000, depending on options. The company said it will move to its new 140,000-square-foot facility in Vacaville, California, in September for serial production. > **[FAA Okays Icon Production](https://www.avweb.com/recent-updates/business-military/faa-okays-icon-production/)** > > The FAA has given its final stamp of approval to Icon's A5 amphibious light sport aircraft, and the first customer delivery will take place next month at EAA AirVenture, Icon officials said at a press conference in California yesterday, according to... ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2017, 3:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hey-lafengas-icon-aircraft/73674/28 "2017-11-08T15:19:41Z")
Whelp, someone died in one. Roy Halliday: [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5062213/Roy-Halladay-fly-Icon-A5-crash.html](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5062213/Roy-Halladay-fly-Icon-A5-crash.html) ![http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/11/08/14/461D9CD100000578-5062213-image-m-3_1510152394418.jpg](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/11/08/14/461D9CD100000578-5062213-image-m-3_1510152394418.jpg) I still want one though… ![http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/11/08/20/4622C04B00000578-5062213-The_plane_is_so_small_it_can_be_folded_up_and_towed_by_a_car_Ico-a-2_1510171887208.jpg](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/11/08/20/4622C04B00000578-5062213-The_plane_is_so_small_it_can_be_folded_up_and_towed_by_a_car_Ico-a-2_1510171887208.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 4:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hey-lafengas-icon-aircraft/73674/29 "2017-11-09T04:42:49Z")
Inexperienced pilots making high speed low passes over water in their “Jet Ski With Wings” toy. What could go wrong? Like the article said, the plane itself is perfectly safe but the way they’re marketing it to inexperienced pilots and suggesting how fun it is to skim the water is just a recipe for disaster. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hey-lafengas-icon-aircraft/73674.md?page=1)