he Global Explorer I (N376LT) was designed by prolific aircraft designer Dean W Wilson and built to meet the requirements of explorers Hubert de Chevigny and Nicolas Hulot, the first machine flying for the first time in April 1991.

The WAACO Staggerbipe was first produced in the early 1980s by the West Australian Aircraft Company of Box Hill, VIC as a single-seat light sporting biplane and was made available in kit form for the amateur constructor.

The Warbler was a parasol wing monoplane with internal bracing designed by Sqdn Ldr L J R Wackett, an officer in the RAAF at the time in charge of the Government Experimental Aeroplane Factory in Sydney.

The Widgeon I was a single-engine amphibious biplane constructed with a wooden hull (Queensland maple) designed by Sqdn Ldr L J Wackett in 1923 and built by the RAAF Experimental Section at Randwick.

The Widgeon II was a re-design of the Widgeon I, being described as benefiting from the experience gained in the construction and operation of the earlier aeroplane.

The Waco series of touring biplanes was first released in 1931 by the Weaver Aircraft Co (WACO).

The Hadrian was designed by the Weaver Aircraft Company (Waco) to meet a requirement of the United State Army.

The 2-T-1 light sports trainer biplane was introduced to the aviation market in 1929 by the Great Lakes Aircraft Corp of Cleveland Ohio, the prototype flying during that year.

The Waco 10 was launched in 1927 and certificated (ATC-13) in October that year. It was much improved on the Model 9, and was similar in layout and dimensions.

In November 1935 the Waco YPF-6 was certificated (ATC-586) in the United States.

The Wag Aero Cuby is a redesign of the well known Piper Cub by the Wag-Aero group of Lyons, Wisconsin, using modern construction methods and materials, being aimed at the home-built market.

The Sportsman is a light sporting aircraft produced in kit form by the Wag Aero Group at Lyons in Wisconsin.

The Wag-A-Bond Traveller is a replica of the Piper PA-15 Vagabond series but much improved, with extra strength, comfort and performance, using modern construction methods and materials, and in recent years has been made available to amateur constructors in kit form by the manufacturers, Wag-Aero Group of Lyons, Wisconsin, USA.

The brothers Leo Austin and Vivian Claude Walsh were interested in the aeroplane from about 1910 and at that time purchased materials and built an aircraft which was completed and flown in 1911 but the aircraft was destroyed in an accident.

War Aircraft Replicas of Tampa, Florida, was formed to design and market plans and kits of half-scale (50%) replicas of famous aircraft of World War II and since 1974 a number of designs have been made available to the amateur builder, types including the Sea Fury, A6M5 Zero, F4U Corsair,

The Tomcat was an ultra-light design of canard configuration designed and produced in the United Kingdom by Waspair and later produced in the United States by Midwest Microlites.

The Magpie was a light aircraft built by W F Watkins at Cootamundra.

The Watson Windwagon light aircraft were developed from the Parker Teenie Two series which was designed by Calvin Parker and built in some numbers around the world.

Basil George Watson was born in Bendigo, VIC on 12 October 1894 and was the son of a mining investor.

The Fascination D4 is a two-seat side-by-side light kit-built aircraft produced by WD Flugzeugbau of Heubach, Germany.

The 620A is an agricultural aircraft produced by the Weatherly Aviation Co of Lincoln, California, and is one in a series of aircraft produced in small volume by the company for this role.

In 1938 the US Army tested a private venture training aircraft built by the Vultee Corporation and known as the V-54. The prototype (NX21753) first flew in June that year with a 336-kw (450-hp) Wright Whirlwind engine.

In 1940, in response to a US Army requirement for a two-seat unarmed light observation aircraft, Stinson produced the Model 74 and three examples were produced as the YO-49 and evaluated against the Bellanca YO-50 and the Ryan YO-51.

The prototype V.1 (NR12293) with a 531-kw (712-hp) Wright R-1820-F2 engine was first flown on 19 February 1933 and production totalled 26 aircraft.

In March 1945 VICkers-Armstrongs (Aircraft) Ltd projected a pressurised transport to seat up to 27 passengers under the designation VC-2, and development of this design led to the Type IIB fitted with Rolls Royce Dart turboprops.

To meet further customer demand, and to improve the overall performance of the Viscount, the 800 series, fitted with Dart R Da 6 engines, was introduced with its fuselage lengthened by 1.17 m (3 ft 10 in), so the effective extra cabin length was 2.82 m (9 ft 3 in),

The VICkers Vulcan (known as the Flying Pig) was designed for VICkers by Rex Pierson following the success of the VICkers Vimy commercial, work beginning on the new transport in February 1921, and the prototype (G-EBBL - c/n 1 -City of Antwerp) was flown for the first time at Brooklands

The Aircruiser was a low-wing, fixed tricycle-undercarriage, four-seat aircraft of light alloy all-metal construction designed by Henry Millicer.

The first Australian designed light aircraft to be granted type approval (on 4 July 1962), the Airtourer was a development of a design by the late Henry Millicer which won the Royal Aero Club design competition for a light aircraft.

Following the first flight of the Airtourer 100 on 12 December 1961, the first production aircraft flew in June 1962.

The Victa R-2 was a four-seat light monoplane designed for Victa Ltd by Mr Luigi Pellarini, designer of the Transavia Airtruk and a number of other aircraft.

In early 1960 Victa Consolidated Industries set up what was known as a ‘rotating-wing group’ to consider the construction of a rotary wing aircraft.

Production of the DHC-6 series by de Havilland Canada concluded in 1988 after 844 examples were built at Toronto, production running from 1965 to 1989.

Although looking very similar to the Quickie series of aircraft, also being of canard configuration, the Dragonfly is a new design, being slightly larger and having, in the two-seat version, less power.

The Skypup is one of a number of ultralight designs built and marketed by the Vintage Ultralight Assoc of Marietta, Georgia, models available including the Woodhopper, Gipsy, J-3 Junior, MW-7, Petit Breezy, SR-1 Hornet, Turnercraft and the Whing Ding 71.

The Vision is a two-seat dual-control high-wing strut-braced monoplane suitable for training, recreation, and property work produced by Vision Aircraft at its manufacturing facility at Orange, NSW. A couple of variants are available, including the Vision 600 and the Vision 600 Mk 2.

The Viva Scout Mk 1 was a single-seat ultralight aircraft of two-axis configuration (pitch and yaw) powered by a Pixie Major engine driving a wooden propeller through a single chain.

The brothers Charles (1882 - 1912) and Gabriel Voisin (1880 - 1973) in France in the 19th Century began building and experimenting with kites, incorporating modified Lawrence Hargrave type box-kite structures and in 1905, in association with Ernest Archdeacon and Louis Bleriot, built gliders.

The VM-1 Esqual is a two-seat monoplane with fixed tricycle undercarriage high-performance light aircraft produced by Vol Mediterrani in a facility at Moia near Barcelona in Spain.

The Sportsman two-seat amphibian was designed by Mr Volmer Jensen, and marketed by Volmer Aircraft of Burbank, California, and the prototype was flown for the first time on 22 December 1958.