Photograph: The prototype Vertiia V1000 VH-VEI (c/n 001) (AMSL) History: The Vertiia is described as the world’s most efficient and long-range vertical take-off and landing aircraft. The company, AMSL Aero Pty Ltd, was formed in 2017 and the aircraft is said to be inspired by Lawrence Hargrave. The aircraft in

Developed as a general-purpose, light-weight helicopter for military and civil use, the Gazelle was produced in large quantities both by Aerospatiale in France and Westland in the United Kingdom, as well as being assembled in Yugoslavia.

Designed as a replacement for the widely used Alouette series of general- purpose helicopters, the Dauphin was initially produced in two versions; the single-engine model fitted with a Turbomeca Astazou turboshaft of 783-kw (1,050-shp); and the twin-engine model powered by two Arriel turboshafts.

Designed by the French company, Sud Aviation, which later became part of Aerospatiale, the national aerospace company, the Alouette II was one of the early success stories in the development, production and marketing of helicopters in France.

The Alouette III was first placed in production by Sud Aviation in 1961 as a general-purpose helicopter for both civil and military applications.

The Airbus A350 series was conceived in 2004 to meet a requirement of international airlines for an extra long-range airliner.

The Lama was developed by Aerospatiale in France mainly to meet the requirements of the Indian armed forces for a light utility helicopter.

The Puma series of helicopters was designed and developed by the National Aerospatiale Company in France in the early 1960s to meet a requirement of the French Army for a medium-lift, twin-engine, helicopter.

The AS 332 Super Puma was a development of the SA 330 Puma, which flew for the first time in April 1965.

Very little is known about this aircraft. It was a light sporting monoplane and one of many designs by Willy Andiel of Port Macquarie, NSW.

The Albany aeroplane was a single-engine monoplane along the lines of a Bleriot XI built in Albany WA in about 1916/17 by Messrs C Layton, Robert Reynolds and Alexander Fraser and a Mr G Bristow is said to have been involved, though one record indicates the spelling of his name

Following the cessation of hostilities in World War I the Austral Monoplane Co of Hunter Street, Sydney, advertised ‘you can fly with a motor cycle engine – working plans £1.

In the 1940s in New Zealand a scaled-down replica of an Oxford was constructed using two Pobjoy Niagara radial engines which had been removed from the General Aircraft Monospar ZK-AET (ex VH-UVM) and which, after a short service with the RNZAF, had been retired and used as Instructional airframe No

The Auster series of light aircraft has been popular in Australasia over the years and stories abound about what they have been used for and their roles in country areas.

The UD-2 was one of a number of designs produced by Steven Cohen, Known as the UD-2 (Ugly Duckling) it was of alloy construction and fitted with a Rotax two-stroke engine.

Charles Auld of Brooklyn Park, SA, constructed an autogyro along the lines of a Cierva and it was fitted with a 34-kw (45-hp) Anzani engine but is not known to have flown.

In about 2000 Mr Abbaz, a resident of Sydney, commenced the design and construction of a two-seat in tandem monoplane with a pusher engine and a tricycle undercarriage.

In 1930/1931 Mr Ronald Ashworth of Burwood, NSW, designed and built a parasol wing aircraft, Baby Bee, at Blair Park, Croydon, making its first flight in April that year.

The Karaone is one of a series of light aircraft produced by Australian Aircraft Works. This company obtained rights to a series of aircraft from the US Company, Grover Textiles, the parent company deciding not to continue its financial backing to its ultra-light division, Grover Aircraft of Hendersonville, North Carolina,

The T-Star was designed and built by Arthur Armour and is a single-engine low-wing monoplane of all-metal construction.

The Hornet Sport was produced by Australian Aircraft Kits as a development aircraft for a planned future single-seat high-performance sporting aircraft constructed from composites.

Little is known about this aircraft but it would seem that it was a single-seat light aircraft modified by Arthur Armor from a Winton Cricket design.

Very little is known about this aircraft. However, information available indicates that it was probably a Blanik glider that has been modified by Australian Aircraft Kits of Taree by the installation of a Rotax 912S engine in the nose in an attempt to make it into a self-launched glider.

These two were ultralight designs by Arthur Armour, initially of Fairfield, NSW but who later moved to Taree, NSW and continued design and construction of ultra-light aircraft there.

The Baby Bipe was an ultralight aircraft designed and built by Arthur Armour in the 1980s and was displayed at the Australian International Airshow at Avalon in 1995.

The Firebird M-1 was a single-seat light sporting ultralight aircraft with a tricycle undercarriage.

This ultralight aircraft was designed and built by Australian Aero Engines Corp. Little is known about it but it became 19-3974 (c/n 1) and was registered from 16 September 2003 to October 2006.

The AS-65 Consul was a conversion of the Airspeed Oxford for civil use by Airspeed Ltd of Portsmouth, and a total of 161 aircraft was produced.

In its early years Albatros-Werke GmbH at its facility at Johannisthal near Berlin built aircraft under licence from other manufacturers and amongst these were the Antoinette and the Etrich Taube.

At the opening of hostilities in World War I the opposing forces mainly used aeroplanes for reconnaissance and observation of enemy movements and very little thought was given to offensive action.

The Albatros D.II was designed by Messrs Robert Thelen, Schubert and Gnadic for Albatros Flugzeugwerke following complaints by fighter pilots relating to the poor upward vision available in the Albatros D.I. To solve this problem, the upper wing was moved closer to the fuselage and it was staggered forward slightly.

The Albatros D.III was designed by Robert Thelen as a successor to the D.1 and D.II series and adopted some of the advantages of the design of the allied Nieuport Scout then in service, performance being increased by the installation of an uprated Mercedes D.III engine, this being achieved by

On 1 December 1981 the Government announced than an Australian design would be pursued; and on 16 June 1982 it announced that a contract had been let with the Australian Aircraft Consortium Pty Ltd (AAC) for the design, development, and construction of two prototypes of a new basic trainer (designated

The Albatros series of fighters was produced in Germany for operations in World War I and was reasonably successful in its design role. The D.I, D.II and D.III were all put into production but the D.IV failed to reach this status.

The L-29 Delfin was Czechoslovakia’s first jet aircraft of indigenous design, being designed and built at the Vodochody Works of the Czech nationalised OK industry, the company being known as Aero Vodochody Narodni Podnik and it has been building aircraft since just after World War I.

When it became evident in the British summer of 1914 that war was inevitable, the British Government ordered the RAF BE.2c into production and contracts were forwarded to a number of manufacturers to build the type, including Sir W G Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd of Gosforth Newcastle on Tyne.

The L-39 series of trainer and light attack aircraft was designed and produced by Aero Vodochody in the Czech Republic, this company producing some 10,000 jet trainers for the world’s markets over the years.

On 24 March 1935 the prototype (K4771) of the Avro Anson, a military derivative of the Avro 652 airliner, flew for the first time. Subsequently 8,138 examples were built in the United Kingdom, and 2,882 in Canada, incorporating Mks 1 to 21, with the last of the total of 11,020

The Aerospatiale Ecureuil was designed for the civil market, the prototype (F-WVKH) being flown for the first time on 27 June 1974 with a Lycoming LTS 101 turboshaft, being followed by the second prototype (F-WVKI) with a Turbomeca Arriel 1A engine.

The Avro Lancaster was perhaps the most famous, and certainly the most successful, heavy bomber used by the RAF in World War II.