Ronald Mellow, a resident of Queensland, in the 21st Century has designed and built two light aircraft. The second [registration 19-7817] was of all metal construction and was a low-wing monoplane with an enclosed cockpit and fitted with a single-ignition Volkswagen conversion [1835-cc].
This is a company which designs and builds to military grade powered paragliding trikes for military use, border security and law enforcement applications.
The Minimoth was a light sporting biplane design for the sport pilot developed and marketed in the late 1970s. It was of wooden construction with fabric covering.
This aircraft was a one-off design by Douglas McIlwraith based in Biddaddaba, Qld who initially wished to build a replica of a Monocoupe and in the end built a biplane of his own design fitted with a six-cylinder Jabiru engine providing 89-kw (120-hp), this engine being fitted with liquid-cooled heads.
Initially based in Sydney, Gary Morgan has been involved in the design of light aircraft for many years and this culminated in the design and production of the kit aircraft named the Cheetah, Cougar and Cheyenne.
Mr Howard Morris, a commercial pilot, in the late 1930s showed some interest in aviation and built a half-size non-flying replica of a Mignet Pou de Ciel (Flying Flea).
In 1925 George Murray of Goulburn, NSW, a carpenter, commenced construction of a small aircraft powered by a twin-cylinder converted motor-cycle engine.
The P-51B is a two-thirds scale replica of the North American P-51B World War II fighter and is of all-metal construction and designed and built in Australia.
Also known as the Owen Dull Gyrocopter, this company based at Roadvale, Qld has built a number of single and two-seat gyrocopters for the Australian market, including G-121, G-132, G-153, and G-241, the latter being similar in appearance to a RAF 2000.
The Skitz was a one-off homebuilt light aircraft designed and built by Robert Noble and was registered as 19-3937 (c/n 6) on 1 July 2003 with Recreation Aviation Australia.
The Normoyle Mk I, one example of which has been completed as 19-3669, is an Austflight Drifter built by Patrick Normoyle in South Australia, his aircraft looking much like the Drifter but has some major modifications, particularly to the nose and windshield area.
In 1908 Bertram Ogilvie, a resident of Napier on the north island of New Zealand, with the assistance of Messrs R Goodger, J Munro, H Suckling and other local friends, commenced the construction of a biplane of his own design.
Records indicate Mr J C Orrock of Endiena, SA, built a light aircraft in 1928. Little is known about the aircraft and it is not known if it was completed or flown.
Reginald Ouston, a New Zealander, came to Australia when quite young and in about 1930 commenced construction of a light aircraft of his own design with a Le Rhone engine, this being a two seater.
This was a one-off ultralight aircraft built by its designer / owner which was registered on 11 February 1994 as 10-1432 (c/n 1432) and is painted dark blue with white trim, a tailwheel undercarriage and a parasol wing with single struts.
The Cygnet was a minimum ultra-light aircraft built in the 1970s. It was built of 4130 aluminium welded frame, had a high wing and an engine in a pusher configuration behind the pilot.
Light homebuilt constructed in the Broken Hill / Ivanhoe, NSW area in the 1930s. Of similar appearance to a Comper Swift, it was fitted with a small radial engine, possibly a seven-cylinder Pobjoy or Siemens unit.
This was an aircraft said to be built by Frank Peacock at Burwood, NSW in 1914. It was powered by a 21-kw (28-hp) engine but very little more is known about it and no record of a successful flight has been found.
In 1909 Messrs John Pechugin, a mechanical engineer and draftsman, and Henry Little, a foreman boilermaker, designed and built an aeroplane and are reported to have conducted secret trials of this aircraft on the Basic Reserve in Wellington.
The Maya Ultralight was a single-seat ultralight aircraft aircraft with an enclosed cabin and powered by a 21-kw (28-hp) Konig SD-570 four-cylinder engine with an adjustable propeller.
The PP-108 is a single-seat high-performance low-wing monoplane designed and built by Peter Prendergast of Ocean Grove Vic for high-performance aerobatics. It received its C of A on 11 March 2016 and was first registered on 29 February 2016 as VH-XSK (c/n 0015).
Little is known about this one-off aircraft but it was registered with the RAA as 19-4671 (c/n 60001) on 6 December 2000 and was withdrawn from service on 7 May 2011.
In mid 1926 Mr Edwin Prosser of Rockhampton, Qld enquired of the Comptroller of Civil Aviation if it was necessary to obtain a Certificate of Airworthiness for a light aircraft, indicating he was building a monoplane.
This was an attempt to build a man-powered aircraft by a Mr Ranford in Western Australia. Little is known about it but at one stage it was placed on display at the WA Aviation Heritage Museum at Bull Creek, WA but after sometime was removed and placed into storage.
Replicraft, an American company, has produced plans to build scale replicas of the SPAD VII, SPAD XII, Roland D.VI, Hanriot HD.1, Sopwith Pup, Thomas Morse, Fokker D.VII, Sopwith Camel, Sopwith Triplane, RAF SE.5a and the Sopwith Snipe.
The Corella is a single-seat light sporting aircraft with a high-wing and a tailwheel undercarriage. Registered with RAA on 1 September 1999 as 19-3224 (c/n 1) it is described as a Glenda Rickard Corella.
Azor Robinson and Alexander Porter, both of Albury, in 1912 built a single-engine aircraft along the lines of a Bleriot and it was flown on a number of occasions at Bongowanna Park, the first flight being recorded as 27 July 1913.
This was a one-off ultra-light amphibian built it is believed in Queensland, the prototype was completed becoming 19-4649 (c/n 3) and it was registered on 12 April 2006.
In 1930 Lawrence Schaeffer of Loxton, SA commenced construction of a two-seat parasol wing monoplane to be fitted with a converted Dodge four-cylinder motor car engine.
The ASW-20 was designed by Gerhard Walbel and built by Alexander Schleicher GmbH & Co in Germany, Some 765 were built by the Company in Germany and a further 140 were completed in France by Centrair.
The Drifter is one of a series of ultra-light aircraft produced by Seabird Aviation of Hervey Bay Queensland. A small production batch was built, and a couple survive, including 25-0256 (c/n DR90-0401) and 25-0319 (c/n DR89-0375).
This was an ultra-light aircraft which was allotted the registration 19-1309 (c/n 2) by the RAA and appeared on the register from 17 October 1991 to 3 December 2008.
Darcy Shipman lived in Glenreagh, NSW and built a light aircraft similar in appearance to a de Havilland DH-53, being a low-wing monoplane fitted with a modified Henderson motor-cycle engine.