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About Powered Sport Flying Magazine

the only print magazine that focuses on personal aviation every issue!

Powered Sport Flying was formerly known as UltraFlight Magazine. Together, Powered Sport Flying and UltraFlight have nearly 25 years of experience reporting on personal sport aviation. Beginning in 1994, UltraFlight Magazine pioneered regular reporting on aspects of aviation that at the time were not given regular media attention. Aircraft like powered parachutes and powered paragliders got their earliest support from UltraFlight Magazine right along with conventional ultralights.

UltraFlight was also the first of the aviation media to develop a regularly broadcast radio show dedicated to powered sport aviation, the UltraFlight Radio Show. That show was created in 2000, before iTunes or iPods were even introduced. The show grew with the technology to remain at the forefront of aviation reporting in the sport aviation market until the show went into hiatus in 2011.

UltraFlight grew with the ultralight and light sport aviation movement to what it is today, the only newsstand quality magazine (and now the only magazine at all!) completely devoted to the fun and adventure of single and two-seat powered sport aviation. In January of 2010, UltraFlight Magazine became Powered Sport Flying Magazine. The name change was made to reflect the larger audience and the full range of what the magazine had already grown to cover.

Today Powered Sport Flying Magazine remains one of the few magazines that is read cover-to-cover by subscribers. Powered Sport Flying offers an independent voice on government regulation as well as showing what many magazines forget, the true joy of flight. It does this by showing the adventures of people from around the country and around the world enjoying the freedom of flight. With excellent print quality, great editing and stunning photography, it is a great way to stay informed about a great sport.

our affiliated organizations

These organizations have made Powered Sport Flying Magazine a member benefit.

LAMA

The Light Aircraft Manufacturing Assoiation's mission is to provide its membership representation to government, associations, and other entities. They also participate in voluntary consensus standards, quality assurance audits, and other technical services. They also promote member products.

PRA

The Popular Rotorcraft Association is the home to fans of personal rotorcraft such as gyroplanes and helicopters. They are well known for their annual convention in Mentone, Indiana.

USUA

The United States Ultralight Association is the organization that the FAA, the media, and other organizations look to when it comes to ultralight issues. Currently USUA is working with LAMA and other organizations to update Sport Pilot regulations and policy.

past issues

Here are some recent examples of our work.

portfolio

September-October 2019

Featuring the Vashon Ranger on the cover

Special Features
AirVenture 2019
National Biplane Fly-In
Catching up with James Ketchell
Tips for a Safe Takeoff
Bad Apples 2019
Regular Features
News
Sport Pilot Log
World Records and Attempts
Calendar of Events
Troops
Classifieds
Incidents: Is the Rack Enough
Swing Set Aviator: Helping Others
Final Approach: Hating on the E6B
portfolio

May-June 2019

Featuring the P&M QuickR on the cover

Special Features
Sun 'n Fun 2019
Sebring 2019
P&M Closes
Kallithea Gyroplane Test Flight
Out West LSA and Six Chuter International Merge
Planning a Fly-In
California Poppies from a PPG
Regular Features
News
Sport Pilot Log
World Records and Attempts
Calendar of Events
Troops
Classifieds
Incidents: Training Survival
Swing Set Aviator: Paramotor Camaraderie
Final Approach: Meet the New Insurance: Same as th Old Insurance
portfolio

March-April 2019

Featuring the Eurofly Minifox on the cover

Special Features
Flying the Eurofly Minifox
Sebring 2019
Gyroplane Jeopardy!
In Hot Pursuit a Powered Parachute
Your First Flight of the Season
Conquering Colombia Part III, Beach Resorts and the Big Port
Regular Features
News
Sport Pilot Log
World Records and Attempts
Calendar of Events
Troops
Classifieds
Incidents: Lines Amiss
Swing Set Aviator: Traffic!
Final Approach: Insuring That Your Insurance Sticks Around
portfolio

February 2019

Featuring the Magni M16 Special Edition Gyroplane on the cover

Special Features
Human Powered Flight
Flying the M16 Special Edition Gyroplane
In Memory of Marion Springer
My Two Unplanned Engine-Off Landings in a Powered Parachute
Are You Ready to Get Your Pilot Certificate?
World Class Climber Claims 2018 Icarus Paramotor Trophy
Legal Radios for Paramotorists
Regular Features
News
Sport Pilot Log
World Records and Attempts
Calendar of Events
Troops
Classifieds
Incidents: Lines Amiss
Swing Set Aviator: Traffic!
Final Approach: What Rules?
portfolio

December 2018 - January 2019

Featuring Powered Paragliders flying over the Pyramids of Egypt on the cover

Special Features
DeLand Sport Aviation Showcae
How I Learned to Fly Weight Shift
First Flight in a Gyroplane
SkyDriving the SkyKart
Powered Paragliding Adventure: Flying the Great Pyramids of Giza
Regular Features
News
Sport Pilot Log
Calendar of Events
Troops
Classifieds
Incidents: This Will be Fun
Swing Set Aviator: What I Didn't Know That I Didn't Know...
Final Approach: The L-Word
portfolio

October-November 2018

Featuring an Airborne Weight Shift Control Trike flying at AirVenture on the cover

Special Features
AirVenture Experience
Gyro Adventures: Adventure Over Yosemite
Powered Parachute Top 10: Winter Storage
Powered Paragliding Adventure: Conquering Colombia: Part II From Towering Trees to Massive Mangroves
Regular Features
News
Sport Pilot Log
World Records and Attempts
Calendar of Events
Troops
Classifieds
Incidents: Accident Short Descriptions, Summer 2018
Swing Set Aviator: Eagle Ridgeline
Final Approach: Calm Down, Nancy
portfolio

June-July 2018

Featuring the Explorer airplane by Advanced Aviation over water on the cover

Special Features
Gyroplane Report: The Rotax 915 iS Powered Magni M24 Orion
Gyro Adventures: Adventures of a Gyro-Gypsy
Powered Parachute Top 10: Weather
Powered Paragliding Adventure: Conquering Colombia: Part I Military Bases & Motor Problems
Regular Features
News
Sport Pilot Log
Calendar of Events
Troops
Classifieds
Incidents: Narrow is the Path
Swing Set Aviator: Random Thoughts and a 'Wakeup' Call from a Flock of Geese
Final Approach: Right Place, Right Time
portfolio

March-April 2018

Featuring a powered paraglider in front of a cliff on the cover

Special Features
Trike Upgrades: A New Prop for my Trike
Gyro Adventures: Adventures of a Gyro-Gypsy
Powered Parachute Top 10: Preflight
Powered Paragliding Cross Country: Flyin' to a Fly-In Part II: Arizona Flying Circus 2018
Powered Paragliding Cross Country: Going it Alone
Regular Features
News
Sport Pilot Log
Calendar of Events
Troops
Classifieds
Incidents: Little Wingovers
Swing Set Aviator: We're Like Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye
Final Approach: It Isn't the Message, It's the Medium
portfolio

January-February 2018

Featuring the Rotorvox Gyroplane on the Cover

Special Features
Part 103 Chronicles: An Ultralight Pioneer Passes Away
New Gyro Design: Rotorvox: The Premium Project
Powered Parachute Weather: Convective Turbulence
Powered Paragliding Fun: Winter Wonderland
Regular Features
News
Sport Pilot Log
Calendar of Events
Troops
Classifieds
Incidents: Dying to Learn
Swing Set Aviator: Nervous Maintenance: How to Get Over the Fear of Maintaining Your Gear
Final Approach: Preserving Our History
portfolio

December 2017

Featuring a Trike Pilot and Passenger on the Cover

Special Features
Light Sport Gatherings: EAA Chapter 534 Supports Central Florida Searey Splash-In
Weight Shift Control Trikes: First Trike Flight - How to do it Right!
New Gyro Design: Gyro Technic: Filling a Market Niche
Powered Parachuting With a Purpose: Flying Missions in the Third World
Powered Paragliding Competition: Flying Extremely Unsupported
Regular Features
News
Sport Pilot Log
Calendar of Events
World Records and Attempts
Troops
Classifieds
Incidents: Dying to Learn
Swing Set Aviator: The Funny Fear
Final Approach: Fly Five People
portfolio

October-November 2017

Featuring Belite's Chipper on the Cover

Special Features
AirVenture 2017:What’s New in Light Aircraft
Getting Started in Gyroplanes: Flying Gyroplanes–Decision Making to Take-off and Beyond: The Journey Begins
Popular Rotorcraft Association Convention News
Powered Parachute Adventure: Flying the USA
International Paramotor: Mondial Air Paramoteur 2017
Regular Features
News
Sport Pilot Log
Calendar of Events
World Records and Attempts
Troops
Classifieds
Incidents: Fatal Ignorance
Swing Set Aviator: The Recombobulation Area
Final Approach: A Tale of Two Air Sports
portfolio

August-September 2017

Featuring the Kitty Hawk Flyer on the Cover

Special Features
AirVenture 2017: America's Aviation Showcase
Kitty Hawk Flyer: Larry Page’s Sky Motorcycle
Gyroplane Innovation: Dick DeGraw and the Rhino 2.2
Powered Parachute History & Future: Hitting Reset for Powered Parachutes
2017 Arizona Flying Circus at Motown: Flyin’ to the Fly-in
Regular Features
News
Sport Pilot Log
Calendar
Troops
Classifieds
Incidents: Wires Revisited
Swing Set Aviator: Three Quick Tips to Beat Complacency
Final Approach: Apple, Oranges, and Flight Training
portfolio

July 2017

Featuring a powered parachute flying in Arkansas on the Cover

Special Features
Vintage Fly-in: Douglass to Gardner, Kansas; Gyroplane Adventure: We're off on the (Air) Road to Cuba; Personal Rotorcraft at AERO: Helicopters at AERO 2017; Powered Parachute Flying at your Local Airport Made Easy; Powered Paragliding Fly-In Fun: Flying the Salton Sea
Regular Features
Editorial: Airports are for Airplanes; News; Sport Pilot Log; Calendar; Troops; Classifieds; Incidents: Planning to Fail; Swing Set Aviator: "One Fine Day"
portfolio

May-June 2017

Featuring an Airborne Trike on the Cover

Special Features
Family of Air, AERO 2017, Airport Political Awareness, Wind Shear Turbulence, Lost 8-Year Old Found by Paramotorist, Taking Adventure Racing to a Whole New Level
Regular Features
Editorial; News; Sport Pilot Log; World Records and Attempts; Calendar; Troops; Classifieds
portfolio

February-March 2017

Featuring Powered Paragliders over California Windmills on the Cover

Special Features
Plan B, Part 103 Chronicles;Southwestern Gyroplane Cross Country, Petit Jean Fly-In 2016, Powering Up in California
Regular Features
Editorial; News; Sport Pilot Log; World Records and Attempts; Calendar; Troops; Classifieds
portfolio

October-November 2016

Featuring the Quicksilver on the Cover

Special Features
CHT Sending Ring Repair;Flying the Aeros Ultralight Trike and Wings, The American Ranger AR-1 Gyroplane, Mechanical Turbulence, Salton Sea 2016
Regular Features
Editorial; News; Sport Pilot Log; World Records and Attempts; Calendar; Troops; Classifieds
portfolio

December 2016-January 2017

Featuring the Earthstar eGull electric ultralight on the Cover

Special Features
USUA-LAMA Advocacy Reports; Electric Ultralights; SLSA Gyroplanes; Arial Work for Special Light Sport Aircraft; USPPA Powered Paraglider Instructor List; Understand Altitude; Powered Paragliding Incidents, Make a List and Check It Twice
Regular Features
Editorial; News; Sport Pilot Log; Calendar; Troops; Classifieds
portfolio

July-August 2016

Featuring the SkyRunner on the Cover

Special Features
Off Airport: Again; Gyronauts Lauded in DC; SkyRunner Achieves SLSA Status; Anorexic Equipment; Panama to Columbia in Powered Paragliders: Part II
Regular Features
Editorial; News; Sport Pilot Log; World Records and Attempts; Calendar; Troops; Classifieds
portfolio

June 2016

Featuring the P and M Pulsar on the Cover

Special Features
Sun 'n Fun 2016 Debrief and Summary; Atlanta to Sun 'n Fun in a Trike; Competing at the World Air Games; Bensen Days 2016; I Already Fly an Aircraft with a Built in Medical Disqualifier; Experienced Pilot Hand Chop; Panama to Columbia in Powered Paragliders: Part I
Regular Features
Editorial; News; Sport Pilot Log; World Records and Attempts; Calendar; Troops; Classifieds
portfolio

February 2016

Featuring the Magni Gyroplane on the Cover

Special Features
Off Airport: Again; Gyronauts Lauded in DC; SkyRunner Achieves SLSA Status; Anorexic Equipment; Panama to Columbia in Powered Paragliders: Part II
Regular Features
Editorial; News; Sport Pilot Log; World Records and Attempts; Calendar; Troops; Classifieds
portfolio

December 2015- January 2016

Featuring Powered Paragliders on the Cover

Special Features
Emporia, Kansas Cross-Country Flight; Ken Brock Freedom Fly-In Goes Home; Titanium Explorer; Being a Powered Parachute Instructor; Powered Paraglider Flight Instructor List; Fatally Responsive; Scott Ritchie's French Fly Powered Paragliding Adventure
Regular Features
Editorial; News; Sport Pilot Log; World Records and Attempts; Calendar; Troops; Classifieds
portfolio

October-November 2015

Featuring the Hummel on the Cover

Special Features
Being a Tram Operator at AirVenture; Mentone 2015; Misconstrued Altitude; Modifications; Endless Footdrag and the 2015 USPPA Competition; Toxic Waste Ponds, Trash, Sewer, and Earthquakes... Sounds Like a Great Place to Fly!
Regular Features
Editorial; News; Sport Pilot Log; World Records and Attempts; Calendar; Troops; Classifieds
portfolio

June-July 2016

Featuring a Powrachute Pegasus Powered Parachute on the Cover

Special Features
Polson Trike Fly-In; Dynamic Balancing Autogyro Rotors with the Smart Avionics PB3; Subtleties of Landing a Powered Parachute; Thunderstorm; Beach Blast 2015
Regular Features
Editorial; News; Sport Pilot Log; World Records and Attempts; Calendar; Troops; Classifieds
portfolio

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April-May 2015

Featuring the Autogyro gyroplane on the Cover

Special Features
Sunning, Funning, and Running; Gyroplane Report from AERO 2015; Bensen Days 2015; Intro to Powered Parachutes; A SMART PILOT SEES; Team Kamikazes in the Dominican Republic III
Regular Features
Editorial; News; Sport Pilot Log; World Records and Attempts; Calendar; Troops; Classifieds
portfolio

March 2015

Featuring the Groppo Trail on the Cover

Special Features
Pre-Spring Sebring; Mission: Gage Oklahoma; The (Trike) Wing is the Thing Part 4; Building a Magni Gyroplane in Italy; Experimental Amateur-Built Powered Parachute; Danger Zone; Salton Sea 2015
Regular Features
Editorial; News; Sport Pilot Log; World Records and Attempts; Calendar; Troops; Classifieds
portfolio

January-February 2015

Featuring Evolution Trikes' Revo on the Cover

Special Features
The Flying Show; Lucille; The (Trike) Wing is the Thing Part 3; The Solving of an Autogiro Mystery; The Forces Acting on a Powered Parachute; Filming and Flying and Confessions; Powered Paragliding in Panama Part III: Alone
Regular Features
Editorial; News; Sport Pilot Log; World Records and Attempts; Calendar; Troops; Classifieds
portfolio

December 2014

Featuring a powered paraglider on the Cover

Special Features
The (Trike) Wing is the Thing Part 2; Ken Brock Freedom Fly-In 2014; Youth in Aviation; Getting the Powered Parachute Controlled Airspace Endorsement; Safe Wings?; Powered Paragliding in Panama Part II: More Wind and Rain
Regular Features
Editorial; News; Sport Pilot Log; World Records and Attempts; Calendar; Troops; Classifieds
portfolio

October-November 2014

Featuring an Air Creation trike on the Cover

Special Features
The (Trike) Wing is the Thing Part 1; Gyroplane Aviation Decision Makeing; Maverick Parachute Blowout has Lessons for Us All; Chute N Gators Fly-In; Legal vs Safe; Powered Paragliding in Panama Part I: Steep Alpine Forests and Swampy Shrimp Farms
Regular Features
Editorial; News; Sport Pilot Log; World Records and Attempts; Calendar; Troops; Classifieds
portfolio

September 2014

Featuring and ultralight on floats on the Cover

Special Features
AirVenture 2014; KidVenture; Rotorcraft Journey: Building Flying Skills and Friendship; Gretna Fly-In; Staying out of the Powerlines; The Kamikazes Return to the Dominican Republic
Regular Features
Editorial; News; Sport Pilot Log; World Records and Attempts; Calendar; Troops; Classifieds
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  • A bit naughty

    You never lose the buzz of flying. Every time you take off, it feels a bit naughty, as if you’re doing something humans shouldn’t really do.

    Matt Jones Managing Director of Boultbee Flight Academy, the only Spitfire school in the world. August 2011
  • Caution:

    Cape does not enable user to fly.

    Batman costume warning label Wal-Mart, 1995

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