VIDEO EXTRA View the video. THIS B Y D AV E H I R S C H M A N CHANGES EVERYTHING Icon's A5 is for real THE HYPE that accompanies new aircraft announcements is so seldom matched by reality that aircraft customers can be forgiven for being jaded. Skepticism about extravagant performance claims and grandiose marketplace projections is almost always justified. And frankly, the years-long drumroll that preceded Icon Aircraft's first delivery of its A5 Light Sport aircraft had the hallmarks of another disappointment in the making. The company has been showing off a sleek concept for a folding-wing amphibian since 2008 and collected 1,250 deposits for future aircraft-but so far it has produced mostly glitzy promotional videos and Facebook likes. PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF ICON 66 | AOPA PILOT August 2015