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have you ever wanted to fly a plane california-based startup icon wants to make that dream a reality with the a5 it's a light-sport plane that the company believes will kick off a new motor sport take the logical progression from jet ski to a TV to motor boats to this I had a chance to ride and at times pilot the a5 it's exhilarating crazy a little scary and above all loads of fun but it's also crazy-expensive the 85 costs a hundred eighty nine thousand dollars but there's already a huge backlog of orders if you put down a deposit today you'll get your planes sometime in 2019 why the demand icon is pushing this as a plane that virtually anyone could fly its wings fold up so it's portable enough to store at home and haul of the car doesn't need a proper airport you just need a long strip of land or sea to take off from how does the fly the control stick is responsive and it didn't take long for me to pick up on how everything worked my co-pilot a former Navy pilot and icons director of flight training did most of the flying and rass through a few tight turns hops and skips across the water and some formation flying with a sister a five so is it worth it if you've got tons of cash spare an addiction to excitement you might want to get in line now this is Roger Cheng with seen that news