The LM-5X Super Cub was first introduced to the light aircraft market in 1993, being an 88% scale copy of a Piper J-3 Cub, the aircraft being constructed of wood covered in dacron. It is a high-wing machine with a high-wing with a tractor engine and a tailwheel.
Light miniature Aircraft of Okeechobee, Florida, is a company which has produced replicas of light aircraft of the 1950s to various scale, these including the LM-2X-2P 7/8th scale replica of a Taylorcraft.
The T-2 Sundowner is a two-seat in tandem light sporting aircraft produced by Light Aero Australia, this company entering the field of producing light kit aircraft in 2010, and displaying the prototype of the T-2, incomplete, at the 2011 Natfly event at Temora.
Charles Ligeti in 1982 built a hang-glider for the Australian Bird Man Rally and then went on to design the Statos, the prototype flying on 25 April 1985 for 45 minutes.
The XL-2 was designed by Anthony Tiarks and built in the United Kingdom as a two-seat low-wing, general aviation aircraft in the late 1990s by Liberty Aircraft, a subsidiary of the company which previously conceived and marketed the very successful Europa kitplane.
Of similar configuration to the Maxair Drifter, the Air Cam is a two-seat, open-cockpit, light twin-engine aircraft intended for aerial photography which has utility applications, and which is marketed by Leza-Lockwood Corp of Sebring, Florida.
The Let Z-37 Cmelak (Bumblebee) was an agricultural aircraft designed and built in Czechoslovakia, work commencing in 1961 and the prototype the XZ-37 first flew on 29 March 1963.
The Z-37 Cmelak (Bumble Bea) was designed and built by LET Narodni Podnik, the LET National Corporation which evolved from a branch of the Skoda series of companies.
The Morava was designed by Ladislav Smrcek as a four/five seat successor to the Aero 145, and the prototype, the first of three (OK-LNA), was flown for the first time on 8 April 1957.
The Blanik L-13 glider was a two-seat trainer produced by Let Kunovice in Czechoslovakia in the 1950s, the prototype making its first flight in 1956 and more than 3,000 examples have been delivered in a variety of models over many years. It is said to be the most widely used
The L-410 series was designed by the Letov organisation as a light transport and feeder liner for operation in the eastern block. The prototype (OK-YKE) flew for the first time on 16 April 1969 powered by two 533-kw (715-eshp) Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 turboprops.
In the late 1920s Mr T D Leech, a lecturer in civil engineering at the Sydney University, with the assistance of five graduates from the University, designed and built a biplane known as the Australian Maid.
The Learjet 60 was announced on 3 October 1990 as the successor to the Learjet 55C, the first proof-of-concept aircraft flying with a Pratt & Whitney PW 305 turbofan on 18 October 1990, flying with two PW 305s in May 1992.
The Longhorn 55 was a development of the former Learjet series, being a mating of the wing used on the Series 28 and 29 with a new designed fuselage possessing a 50% greater cross section.
The design of the Learjet 45 was announced at the NBAA convention in the United States on 29 September 1992. The prototype/first production aircraft (N45XL) was first flown on 7 October 1995, being followed by the second aircraft (N452LJ) on 6 April 1996.
For many years the Learjet was marketed as the fastest business jet in production, and more than 1,500 examples of a variety of models have been built.
For many years the Learjet was marketed as the fastest business jet in production. It was designed by William P Lear in Switzerland as the SAAC-23, being eventually produced in Wichita, Kansas, the prototype Model 23 flying for the first time on 7 October 1963.
For many years marketed as the fastest business jet in production, the Learjet was also the most well known and one of the best selling, with some 745 turbojet examples having been delivered in the 23, 24, 25, 28 and 29 series.
The Lea Kestrel was designed by Cecil Lea under the provisions of ANO 95.10 and was built in prototype form following the granting of a Technical Data Package.
The Z-2300 was designed for unlimited class competition aerobatics and is a two-seat development of the single-seat Z-300, which itself was developed from the Rebel 300.
The Lascoter single-engine cabin monoplane was designed by Mr W S Shackleton, a British designer, who visited and was resident in Australia for a period in the 1930s.
In 1926 the RAAF was seeking to obtain a number of new aircraft types, one of which was to be a single-engine biplane for army co-operation and light-bombing duties.
The Antares is a single-seat self-launched glider, produced in Zweilbrucken, Germany, by Lange Aviation GmbH which utilises an engine in the rear fuselage and is produced in a number of models.
The Skylark is an ultra-light aircraft developed by Mr Ronald Lang of Officer, VIC in the early 1980s. Mr Lang also designed and developed an engine known as the Skylark for use in his and other ultra-light aircraft.
The Legacy is one of a range of aircraft produced by Lancair, formerly known as Neico, for the kit-built market and is a high-performance private owners touring machine, being an up-dated variant of the Lancair 320.
Following the success of the Neico Lancair series of kitplanes, Lance Neibauer designed a production certificated aircraft based on the four-seat Lancair ES and set up a separate company to build and market the new type.
The LA-270 Seafury is a development of the Lake LA-250 Renegade produced by Lake Aircraft Inc of Kissimmee, Florida and is a six-seat amphibious utility aircraft developed in the United States.
The Colonial C-1 Skimmer was built by the Colonial Aircraft Corporation in the USA, with the prototype being flown for the first time on 17 July 1948. This three-seat amphibian was powered by a 93-kw (125-hp) Lycoming O-290-D engine, and received its type approval on 19 September 1955.
The Renegade is a six-seat development of the Buccaneer, a type which has proved very popular in this region, with more than 40 examples registered over the years.
The Hitchhiker was designed, built and marketed by Robert Labahan of Seville, VIC in the mid 1980s as a single-seat, open-cockpit ultra-light suitable for cross-country and short field operations.
This aircraft was an 80-percent scale custom-built replica of a North American P-51K Mustang and was designed and built by Mr Terrence Kronke in Queensland, although the wingspan was built to 72% scale. It is described as a P-51 Scale Mustang and was registered to the builder on 1 December
In 1920 Frits Koolhoven returned to The Netherlands from the United Kingdom and became designer for the Nationale Vliegtuigindustie formed in The Hague and commenced designing a series of light aircraft.
For many years Holmer Kolb was involved in the design and construction of light aircraft of his own design and is considered one of the founders of the ultra-light movement in North America.
The Firestar was produced by Kolb Aircraft in the United States in the 1980s as a single-seat ultra-light and had features of early models produced by the company but had the benefit of some years of development.