The Northrop Delta 1-D was produced in 1935 as an eight passenger derivative of the Northrop Gamma 2-D of 1933. The Delta was an advanced airliner for its time and used the same wing and undercarriage as the Gamma but was fitted with a larger fuselage to accommodate the passengers.
Following the introduction in the United Sates of US FAR 103 regulations for Ultralight Vehicles, a number of companies produced ultra-light aircraft to the market which complied with these regulations, one of these being the Pitbull gyrocopter.
The North American NA-64 was a low-wing monoplane fitted with a Wright radial engine aimed at the advanced trainer market and was ordered for the French Armee de l’Air and the French Aeronavale, eventually seeing extensive service with the Royal Canadian Air Force and the German Luftwaffe, the latter using
The Nord 3202 was manufactured by SNCA du Nord in France as a two-seat primary trainer for use as standard equipment at schools of the Aviation Legere de l’Armee (ALAT), replacing the Stampe SV-4 biplane.
The Nord 1002 Pingouin devolved from the Messerschmitt Bf 108 (which see). Following the invasion of France, a decision was made by the German RLM (State Ministry of Aviation) to transfer production to the SNCA de Nord facility at Les Mureaux to free up production facilities in Germany for fighter
The Norseman was developed by Noorduyn Aviation Ltd Ltd, this company being founded by Robert Bernard Cornelius Noorduyn in 1938 after his former company, Noorduyn Aircraft Ltd, was re-organised.
The Opal was a light sporting aircraft designed by Ross Nolan, an aircraft engineer and designer and was described by him to the Press by means of the Melbourne Age in 1982 as ‘the plane of the future”.
The Kallithea is a high-performance sporting gyrocopter produced by Niki Rotor Aviation at Pravets in Bulgaria, the company specialising in the design, development and manufacture of autogyros and makes them available to interested parties in kit form for construction by amateur builders. It has developed and marketed a number of
The Pilatus is a high-wing two-seat in tandem light sporting aircraft with a tailwheel undercarriage designed and partially built by David Nightingale in Sydney, work commencing in about 2009 but was not finished.
The Menestrel family of light sporting aircraft was designed by Henry Nicollier in France as a low-wing, single-engine, light aircraft for amateur construction. This family of aircraft included both single-seat and two-seat variants.
The NH-90 has been developed by NH Industries, a consortium set up by France, Germany, Italy and The Netherlands, comprising Eurocopter, Agusta Westland and Stork Fokker Aerospace, to produce a medium sized utility helicopter for the armies and navies of those countries. The design was initiated by Britain, France, Italy
The Nexus Mustang was designed by Richard Eaves of London, Ontario, Canada, who commenced building homebuilt aircraft in 1962. After building a Corben Baby Ace and a Bushby Mustang, and visiting an EAA event at Oshkosh, he decided to build an aircraft of his own design which suited his requirements.
In recent years Nextant Aerospace of Cleveland, Ohio, has been re-manufacturing Beech 400 business jets. The company was founded in 2007 and was the first company to introduce the concept of re-manufacturing business jets.
The Cougar I was designed by Robert Nesmith in 1957 and is similar in configuration to the Wittman Tailwind, the designer being of the view the latter type could ‘stand a little improvement”.
One of the new breed of modern light high-performance kitplane homebuilts, the Lancair series has been developed over the years ito a number of models, the Lancair IV being released to amateur constructors in 1990. In 1991 a Lancair IV set a world speed record from San Francisco to Denver,
The Lancair 360 is a development of the earlier 200, 235 and 320 series and has optional wingtip extensions that increase wingspan from 7.16 m (23 ft 5 in) to 8.3 m (27 ft 2 in).
Following the success of the Lancair 235 series, the manufacturer introduced a larger fuselage, increased flap effectiveness and a lengthened undercarriage with an oleo-pneumatic nose strut.
The National NA-75 was a conversion of the Boeing PT-17 Stearman two-seat training biplane, of which many became available after World War II from the US services, and a number of schemes were put in place to convert them for agricultural use.
The prototype of the Soviet designed Yakovlev 18 series was flown for the first time in 1945 and, after entering production in 1947, saw extensive service with the Soviet Airforce, and the airforces of Austria, China, Czechoslovakia, North Korea, Poland, East Germany, Egypt and Hungary.
In order to meet the requirements of pilots in the Red Bull Races, which are held at various centres around the world each year, including on occasion in Perth, Western Australia, MX Technologies developed a single-seat light-weight variant in 2007 for English pilot Nigel Lamb to be entered in the
The MX-2 is a fairly new design aimed at the unlimited aerobatic market, being designed in the United States by Chris Meyer for MXR Technologies Inc of Boynton Beach, Florida, and built by Composite Universal.
The Murrayair MA-1 was a redesign and reconstruction of the Boeing Stearman Model 75 Kaydet biplane trainer as a two-seat crop-dusting aircraft performed under contract to Murrayair Ltd of Hawaii by engineers at Air New Zealand, some 9,000 examples of the Stearman having been built as trainers during world War
The Yukon was designed with versatility as a utility transport to the fore. It can be fitted with either of two Lycoming engines, the O-360 or the O-390.
The SR2500 Super Rebel was produced as a kit aircraft in Canada by Murphy Aircraft of British Colombia and kits were sold for a few years but production concluded in 2008.
The Murphy Moose is a development of the Murphy Rebel series, which in itself was developed through a number of models, culminating in the Lycoming IO-540 powered Super Rebel.
The Elite was designed by Murphy Aircraft of Chilliwack in British Colombia and is one of a range of light kit planes produced by the company for the sport pilot.
The prototype Renegade II first flew in May 1985 as a light homebuilt sporting biplane available as a ready assembled aircraft, but with plans and kits being available for home construction.
The CAP 232 was the result of many years of development by Cap Aviation of Darois, France, which commenced operations in the 1950s as a result of a French Government inspired competition.
Produced by Avions Mudry et Cie at Bernay, the Cap 10 series of light two-seat aerobatic aircraft was developed from the Piel Emeraude, the prototype flying for the first time in August 1968, certification being obtained in September 1970.
The Sokol (Falcon) was designed by the Chekoslovak Metal & Engineering Works in Prague and was derived from a series of light aircraft designs produced before World War II by Benes-Mraz and was produced in a couple of variants, the design being prepared clandestinely during the German occupation.
The Cougar is a four-seat development of the Cheetah designed and developed by Morgan AeroWorks of Taree, NSW, formerly Miranda Aircraft, the prototype (19-7298) flying for the first time in late 2009.