The S.12 Airaile is one of a range of light aircraft designs released by Rans Inc of Hays, Kansas.

The S-12 Airale was, like all the aircraft in the Rans light aircraft series, designed by Randall Schlitter and introduced to the experimental home-built aircraft market in March 1980, this being a two-seat high-wing monoplane with side-by-side seating and a tricycle undercarriage.

The prototype of the S-16 Shekari (N8072U) with a 60-kw (80-hp) Rotax 912 UL engine first flew on 25 March 1997, being of tricycle undercarriage configuration.

The S-17 Stinger is a single-seat high-wing light sporting aircraft with a pusher engine produced by Rans Aircraft in Hays, Kansas in the United States and is supplied in kit form.

The S-19 is a high-performance, all-metal two-seat high-wing light side-by-side configuration monoplane with a tricycle undercarriage produced in kit form by Rans Aircraft of Hays, Kansas and designed by Randal Schlitter in 2006 as a purpose-designed aircraft taking advantage of the recently, at the time, new regulations relating to the

Unveiled at the EAA event at Oshkosh in Wisconsin in July 2013, the S-20 Raven was the latest of a long line of light aircraft developed by Rans, this model being a development of the S-6S Coyote and designed to replace that model on the market.

For some years the Canadian company, Raven Aircraft, specialised in building and supplying parts for Pitts S-1 and S-2 aerobatic aircraft.

The Ravin is an all-composite four-seat light aircraft produced by SA Ravin Aircraft of Pretoria in South Africa.

Following the success of the Hawker Siddeley HS-125 series over the years British Aerospace, which acquired the interests of Hawker Siddeley, announced the launch of two new models, the Model 800 and 1000, the prototype of the new series, the British Aerospace 125-800 featuring a number of improvements over its

Raytheon in 1980 acquired the Beech Aircraft Corp and in 1994 merged Beech with its own company, Raytheon Corporate Jets which at that time was building the Hawker 800 series of business jets.

In 1928 R A Rearwin started to design and produce a series of light aircraft for the commercial market which culminated in the Sportster series of two-seat, light touring monoplanes.

A sister aircraft to the Rearwin Sportster in the Rearwin stable, the Model 8135 Cloudster was built by the company at its Fairfax Airport, Kansas, facility from 1940, at that time being powered by the Ken-Royce radial engine.

The Rebel 300 is the predecessor of the American-built Lazer Z-300 aerobatic aircraft, being a single-seater designed for high-performance unlimited aerobatics competition.

Designed by Nick Jones, the Lightning Bug was a follow-up to the high performance four-seat aircraft by the same designer, the White Lightning, but was entirely different in being a single-seat high performance monoplane for aerobatic work.

The White Lightning was designed by Howell C Jones Jr for White Lightning Aircraft Corp, of Walterboro, South Carolina, and production of kits for amateur constructors began in September 1986.

The Flying Fox, as it was known, was designed by Captain R W Reid, MC, who had served with the Australian Flying Corps during World War I.

In 1960 The Cessna Aircraft Company of Wichita, Kansas, obtained a 49% holding in the French company Societe Nouvelle de Avions Max Holste, the name of this company later being changed to Reims Aviation SA.

The Mirage is a small ultra-light aircraft designed by Lorenz Kreitmeyer and developed by Remos Aircraft of Eschelbach, Germany, being a development of the Company’s Model G-2 Gemini.

Over the years the Berkut has been known by a number of names, depending on the company providing the kits, but these have included Renaissance Composites Inc of Santa Monica, California, and Berkut Engineering.

The Bearhawk is a light touring aircraft designed to be built by the amateur constructor and is of steel tube construction with fabric covering, with engines ranging from 112-kw (150-hp) to 194-kw (260-hp) able to installed, and with a tailwheel undercarriage.

The 2000 series of Gyrocopters has been produced by Rotary Air Force Marketing Inc of Kindersley, Saskatchewan, Canada, and has been produced in a number of models, including the 1000 FT single-seater, the 2000 STD-SE basic variant, the 2000 GTX and 2000 GTX SE, all fitted with the Subaru EA82

The PT-2 is one of a series of light aircraft produced by Rag Wing Plans Service of Craytonville Airfield, Honea Path, South Carolina, aimed at the ultra-light market.

The Ragabond is a scale single-seat replica of the popular Piper Vagabond produced in the 1950s and is produced by RagWing Plans Service of Craytonville Airfield, South Carolina.

Rag Wing Aircraft provides plans for aircraft to be built by the amateur builder and the designs use simple construction techniques using locally available materials.

The RW19 Storch is one of a series of ultra-light aircraft designed by Roger Mann as a light sporting aircraft, plans being supplied.

The Special biplane was designed and made available to the amateur builder by RagWing Aircraft Designers of Belton, South Carolina, and is a low powered aircraft similar in configuration to the Pitts S-1 designed to create a relatively fast machine for cross-country flying but very small and powered by relatively

The Ultra-Piet is one of a number of designs produced in kit form for the amateur construction marketed by Rag Wing Plans Service of Craytonville Airfield, Honea Path, South Carolina. It is a 75% scale model of the Pietenpol Air Camper of the 1930s.

In the late 1920s James Church built a light aircraft known as the Church Midwing JC-1 for racing using the fuselage of a Heath Parasol, the aircraft being a wire-braced mid-wing aircraft.

The Cheetah, produced in South Africa by Rainbow Aircraft at Springs Airfield, Springs, is a two-seat light sporting monoplane of robust construction.

The BushCat is a two-seat side-by-side strut –braced high-wing monoplane designed to meet US LSA regulations and was developed from the Company’s earlier design, the Rainbow aircraft Cheetah XLS.

The Hanuman is one of a series of light sporting aircraft produced in India by Raj Hamsa, this machine being designed to accept a large range of engines to meet customer needs, these including the Jabiru 2200, Rotax 912, Rotax 914 and the Hirth series of four-cylinder units.

The X-Air was designed in France and launched on the market in kit form in 1993. It is a conventional three axis control aircraft which is usually registered in the microlight / ultralight category.

The Ramphos is a trike developed in 1998 to operate for the enjoyment of tourists requiring sightseeing flights over local beaches in Italy and which would be economical and easy to operate as a flying boat.

Rand Robinson Engineering Inc of Huntington Beach, California, was formed in the United States in 1974 to market plans for the KR-1 single-seat, and KR-2 two-seat series of amateur constructed aircraft.

Rand Robinson Engineering Inc of Huntington Beach, California, was formed in the United States in 1974 to market plans for the KR-1 single-seat, and KR-2 two-seat series of amateur constructed aircraft.

The S-4 / S-5 Coyote I series of ultra-light aircraft was introduced to the Company’s range in 1983 at its facility at Hays, Kansas.

One of the new series of light aircraft produced by Rans Inc at Hays in Kansas in kit form for amateur builders.

The Courier is marketed by Rans Inc of Hays, Kansas, and was introduced to the company’s range in 1985.

The S-9 Chaos, produced by Rans Inc of Hays, Kansas, was introduced to the company’s range of light sporting aircraft in 1986.

In 1931 Richard Sutton, a member of the Queensland Aero Club, indicated an interest in building an aircraft of his own design.