The software entrepreneur John McAfee, whose fortune has dwindled to about $4 million, from more than $100 million, sold the last of his major real estate holdings on Saturday: a 157-acre spread in Rodeo, N.M., where he and his friends flew lightweight airplanes.
Hang gliding, sport of flying in lightweight unpowered aircraft which can be carried by the pilot.
The CAA has already handed out 120 permits to fly small, lightweight drones.
Mr. McAfee bought the land in 2004 and then poured an estimated $11.5 million into building a complex that would accommodate visitors interested in aerotrekking, the flying of unlicensed, lightweight planes with open cockpits.
These craft are known as ultralight aircraft -- lightweight flying machines powered by two-cycle engines -- and such aircraft, which are descended from hang gliders, are becoming quite popular as recreational vehicles, with about 10,000 of them sold in the U.S. during the past year.
It should be interesting to see if the brand can inspire similar devotion with a high-flying lightweight.
If you plan on flying your plane indoors, lightweight paper such as printer paper is perfect.
Shoe fly Berghaus Pushkar lightweight adventure travel shoes weigh just 320g and have a collapsible sprung heel so they can be packed flat for easy storage - but because they're so stylish you'll probably end up wearing them on the plane anyway.
And a plastic-coated Fabric Shield panel from Wayne Dalton Corp. (wayne-dalton.com) resembles an outdoor shade fastened to a window's sides; it feels lightweight but resists flying two-by-fours to meet the strict hurricane code of Miami-Dade County in Florida.
Three weeks ago, on August 28, a fire detection specialist named Steve Christman was riding shotgun in a lightweight Cessna 182 flying over the Gallatin National Forest in Southwest Montana.
By the time NASA was flying shuttles again, a super-lightweight tank was the preferred design.
