Icon Resumes A5 LSA Production As Founder Perseveres

Fred George July 27, 2017
Credit: Julian Gates and his A5
OSHKOSH, Wisconsin—Eight years of flying U.S. Air Force F-16 Vipers in high-risk military operations failed to prepare Kirk Hawkins for the daunting civilian challenge of starting up Icon Aircraft company, maker of the A5 light sport amphibian. Dozens of design changes, hostile board members...
Fred George

Fred formerly was senior editor and chief pilot with Business & Commercial Aviation and Aviation Week's chief aircraft evaluation pilot. He has flown left seat in virtually every turbine-powered business jet produced in the past three decades.

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