IRMA (Aircraft Construction Factory) at two facilities at Brasov and Bucharest has for many years produced a series of high-performance gliders, including the IS-28M2 powered series.

The GS240 was an all-metal, high-wing, two-seat light sport aircraft built by IBIS aircraft. Built to the specifications and performance required by the American Light Sport Aircraft category, it was made available on the US Market in “Quick-build kit” form which met the 51% rule, and also permitted the

Designed by the Aero Commander company in the USA as a jet executive transport to augment its range of business and executive aircraft, the first of two Aero Commander 1121 prototypes was flown for the first time on 27 January 1963, followed by the second prototype on 14 April 1964.

In 1976 IAI began to promote a maritime reconnaissance variant of the Westwind 1124N using experience it had gained from the Model 1123, a variant of which was developed to meet a US Coast Guard requirement, a competition being held, but which lost out to the Dassault Falcon 20.

The Heron, or Machatz-1, is an un-manned aerial vehicle developed by the Malat division of Israel Aircraft Industries to fulfil the role of medium altitude long-endurance operations in the Middle East, being able to fly at altitudes up to 10,668 m (35,000 ft) and remain in the air for up

The Arava was designed by Israel Aircraft Industries as a STOL light transport for civil and military use and it was produced in two variants, the IAI-101 and the IAI-201, examples being supplied to a number of air forces.

The Astra SP and SPX series is a descendant of the Westwind, of which more than 440 examples were built.

In 1961 the Bethany Division of Aero Commander announced it would develop a new high-speed executive transport to be known as the Jet Commander 1121.

The Mamba was named after the company which conceived the design, the Melbourne Aircraft Manufacturing Basic Aircraft Project, and the prototype VH-JSA (c/n P-001) first flew on 25 January 1989 fitted with a 87-kw (116-hp) Textron Lycoming O-235 engine.

On 28 September 2010 the FAA in the United States issued a Light Sport Aircraft Certificate to the Maverick Sport light aircraft, this being a new variant of what had become known as the Flying dune buggy, a flying car developed by Steven Saint and his partners at Indigenous People’s

The Courier utility aircraft was built for the Helio Aircraft Corp at the Pittsburg, Kansas, facility of Mid-States Manufacturing Corp.

Whilst working in France with Avions Pierre Robin, Mr M Heintz, a professional aeronautical engineer, participated in the design of several light aircraft.

The Heath Parasol was designed in 1925 in Chicago, USA, by Edward B Heath as an ultra-light aircraft suitable for amateur construction.

The Baby Bullet high-performance racing monoplane was one of a range of light aircraft designed by Edward Heath, including the Heath Parasol.

Developed by Martin Hollmann of Orlando, Florida, a senior design engineer in the aerospace industry, the HA-2M Sportster [also known as the Hollmann Sportster] was claimed to be the first two-seat gyroplane designed for the homebuilder who has access to a minimum of power tools.

The Alpha is one of series of light aircraft produced by HB-Flugtechnik in Austria, the others designs including the Amigo, Cubby, the Dandy, and a two-seat mid-wing high-performance aircraft known as the Tornado which has a pusher engine driving a five-blade propeller and is fitted with a retractable undercarriage.

The Tomtit was designed to replace the Avro 504N as a training aircraft, and was built with an all-metal airframe.

Intended as a replacement for the Douglas DC-3, and a direct competitor to the Fokker Friendship for civil and military use, the HS-748 was designed by A V Roe and Co (later part of the Hawker Siddeley Group) as a 36-seat commercial airliner.

Known for a short time as the ‘Jet Dragon’, the DH-125 later became known as the HS-125 when the merger of several British aircraft companies occurred.

During the early 1960s the RAF issued a requirement for a medium tactical freighter, and the Avro design team developed a variant of the Avro 748 (later Hawker Siddeley 748 series 2).

The Royal Aero club of Great Britain in 1924 organised a competition amongst the designers of the time to build a light aircraft suitable for weekend pilots.

Once the Hawker 800 series was placed in production British Aerospace looked at a further development of the type and, despite being the most capable model of all the various models, only 52 examples were completed.

Over the years development of the series continued, one variant being the Series 900XP which was a model which combined the airframe, operating weights and systems of the 850XP model, including the winglets, but which was fitted with the new Honeywell TFE731-50R turbofan which provided a five percent reduction in

The de Havilland DH-125 series was intended as a jet-engined replacement for the de Havilland DH-104 Dove executive aircraft, the project being announced in February 1961.

The Series 600 was introduced to the market in 1971 and was powered by two 3,750 lbst Viper 600 series engines with a two-stage turbine.

The CB-1 is a two-seat light aerobatic biplane produced in kit form for the American Hatz Association of Gurnea, Illinois.

William Ewart Hart was born on 20 April 1885 at Parramatta, NSW. He was a dentist who had an interest in flight and who contributed much to early aviation in Australia.

John Harmon in the United States designed a development of the Vans RV-4 known as the Rocket II, having previously designed and built the Rocket

Harley Newman was an avid gyrocopter operator for many years and developed a series of single-seat machines for sporting purposes.

Lawrence Hargrave (1850 - 1915) has been described as an engineer, explorer, astronomer and aeronautical pioneer.

The Harbin Y-12 was a development of the piston engined C-11 built in some numbers by the State Aircraft Factory of the Chinese People’s Republic at Shenyang.

The prototype of the Handley Page W series of commercial airliners (G-EAPJ – c/n W8-1) was first flown on 2 December 1919.

The Hastings was designed as a replacement for the Avro York transport in RAF service, and the prototype (TE580) made its first flight at Wittering on 7 May 1946, the second prototype (TE583) being flown for the first time on 30 December that year.

The Gyroz two-seat tandem gyrocopter was the culmination of the development of gyrocopters for sports pilots by Advanced Kinetics of Kurrajong, NSW.

The Speed Canard was designed and developed by Gyroflug-FFT MbH at Menges on the River Danube and placed in small-scale production.

In the 1950s the US Navy was seeking a cheap, simple single-seat helicopter for the reconnaissance and assault role, and the Gyrodyne Company of America in St James on Long Island, New York, produced a series of helicopters known as the XRON Rotorcycle between 1954 and 1956.

In 2008 Gulfstream announced it was going to introduce a new long-range business aircraft known as the 650 to fill a niche in the corporate market between the company’s own G550 and the Bombardier Global XRS, and the Boeing Business Jet and Airbus Corporate Jetliner.

The G-550 is one of a series of business and executive jets produced by General Dynamics Gulfstream Aerospace at its facility in Savannah, Georgia marketed under the name V-SP and by early 2016 450 aircraft in the G-550 series had been delivered to a variety of operators for a variety

Gulfstream Aerospace Corp was founded in 1958 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics.

In recent years Gulfstream, part of the General Dynamics company, has built and marketed a range of executive jets to meet customer demands and has brought examples of the various models to Australasia on demonstration tours.