The Avro Avian series of aircraft, built by AV Roe & Co Ltd at its Manchester factory, is well known for its record-breaking flights in the hands of many of the famous pilots of the 1930s, including H F (Jim) Broadbent, Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, and H J (Bert) Hinkler.

The Bandit is one of a range of aircraft produced by Avid Aircraft. The Company was originally known as Light Aero Inc and commenced business in Caldwell, Idaho.

The Magnum is one of a series of light kit-built aircraft produced by Avid Aircraft Inc of Idaho, and is one of the larger aircraft produced in the range by the company

The Alpine series was introduced to the Auster range in 1955, being a development specially for operations from high-altitude airfields in hot climates.

The Auster series of light aircraft was developed from the Taylorcraft series of light cabin monoplanes designed in the United States by C Gilbert Taylor, who had emigrated from Nottingham, and produced by Taylorcraft.

In 1950 an Autocrat airframe was converted by Auster to J-1B configuration, being fitted with a Gipsy Major I engine and a larger horn balanced rudder.

Following the cessation of hostilities in World War II, the Auster company decided to develop the AOP-6 air-observation-post aircraft for postwar use by the RAF.

The J-2 Arrow was the first post-war touring aircraft designed by Auster Aircraft Ltd as a successor to the pre-war Taylorcraft Plus C monoplane.

George Brougham Hubert Austin was born in South Yarra, VIC on 28 February 1860 and during his career worked as an architect with the Department of Public Works in Victoria, being responsible for a number of buildings in Melbourne. In 1907 he attended the 1st Aero Exhibition in London and

Because of import restrictions on American-built engines for some years after World War II, Auster Aircraft decided to fit a British-built engine (the Cirrus Minor) to an Auster Arrow airframe.

The Whippet was designed by J W Kenworth, and built in 1919 by the well known British automotive manufacturer, Austin Motors Co Ltd. Powered by a 34-kw (45-hp) Anzani engine, it was aimed at operation by the private owner.

The three-seat Auster J-5 Autocrat was basically a more powerful version of the J-1 Autocrat but, unlike the similarly engined Aiglet and Alpha, the J-5 did not have the larger vertical tail surfaces provided on those aircraft to compensate for the extra power.

Australian Autogiro was founded by Edward Minty of Turramurra, NSW and he built a series of gyrocopters which were supplied to purchasers in either kit form or as a complete aircraft.

In 1962 Agricultural Aviation Pty Ltd of Archerfield, QLD, decided to convert an Auster J-5 Adventurer for agricultural duties, converting it from a three-seater to a single-seater, fitting an American Lycoming six-cylinder engine and installing a hopper in the rear of the cockpit and spray bars.

The Lightwing GR-LSA is a development of the Hughes Lightwing series and is a two-seat, side-by-side, light sporting high-wing monoplane constructed of 6061T6 high tensile aluminium airframe, the underside of the outboard wing panels being covered with Ceconite, and the control surfaces are fabric covered.

Following the success of the three-seat Autocrat, Auster’s chief designer, R E Bird used the experience gained from the design of the Alpha, which did not proceed to production in any numbers, and came up with a four-seater of similar specifications.

Australian Lightwing is based at Ballina, NSW and was set up to build ultralight and light aircraft for the Australian market, originally known as Hughes Aircraft, part of the Hughes Group, being operated by Howard and Nicholas Hughes.

Despite the appellation ‘Aiglet’, the J-5F series was not derived from the J-1B Aiglet. The J-5F was basically a J-5 with a widened and strengthened fuselage to permit the Aiglet Trainer to be fully aerobatic, the only Auster to be fully certified in this role.

Australian LightWing, formerly known as Hughes Aircraft, has since 1985 designed, developed and produced a series of light aircraft for the Australian market, having, by the end of 2009, delivered 175 aircraft with some 20 percent of these sold in kit form.

The J-5G was a more powerful variant of the J-5B and had some strengthening to allow the installation of a more powerful engine, this involving the fitting of several extra tubular front members.

The Tapis was designed by Australian LightWing of Ballina NSW as a new variant of the SP [Speed] series with high-wing configuration rather than low-wing and entered production in kit and fully complete form during 2012.

The designation J-5H was applied to one aircraft (VH-ADS) and the designation J-5GL was applied to a J-5G which (ZK-CXA) was rebuilt in New Zealand to take a Lycoming engine. The J-5H was registered in Australia. This aircraft was built as a J-5B (VH-ADS - c/n 2047) and was imported

The Calidus is a development of the company’s MT-03 gyrocopter and basically differs in having a fully enclosed cockpit but is similar in configuration.

The 321 Faeta was designed in the Czech Republic as an ultralight and light-sporting aircraft and is produced at the company’s facility at Libice Cidlinou.

Introduced in 1950, the prototype J-1B Aiglet was a converted Autocrat with a Gipsy Major 1 engine and a larger horn-balanced rudder.

The Albatross is one of the new breed of light efficient aircraft available on the market and it has been imported into Australia by Albatross Aviation in Queensland. It has a composite fuselage of fibreglass reinforced by wooden bulkheads and frames.

The Atol series of light amphibians was designed bv Markku Koivurova in Finland and was initially produced by Marteno Ky, production later being taken over by Atol Avion Ltd.

The Stollite was designed and built at Bankstown, NSW, by Arthur Armour. The prototype (10-3218) was basically designed to look like a scaled down Cessna Birdog / Hughes Lightwing, and used some parts from a Winton Super Cricket, which the designer had previously constructed.

The ATR-42 was one of a new generation of commuter airlines designed to meet commuter airline requirements and incorporated the latest technology in the field in the design of the aircraft and the engine.

The Atlanta was built for Imperial Airways to be used on sections of the trunk routes to South Africa and Australia. A total of eight aircraft was built for the Nairobi to Capetown, and Karachi to Singapore sections of the trunk routes.

Following the success of the ATR-42, development proceeded to the ATR-72, which was launched in January 1986.

The Armstrong Whitworth Argosy was designed by Armstrong Whitworth, a subsidiary of Hawker Siddeley, as a private venture specifically for the commercial freight market.

At Te Kowhai, New Zealand in October 2011 at an event described as New Zealands “first air innovation show” Auroa Helicopters Ltd (New Zealand) Industry Manufacturing of South Taranaka announced it was developing a new two-seat helicopter powered by a 119-kw (160-hp) T-62 turbine engine.

The FK-8 was a two-seat reconnaissance and bombing aircraft which, first flown in May 1916, was designed to perform the same function as the Royal Aircraft Factory’s RE-8. A development of the FK-3, the FK-8 was built in some numbers, approximately 1,500 aircraft being completed.

Following the retirement of a number of Auster AOP.6 aircraft from military service in 1959 after the introduction into British Army service of the AOP.9, many of the survivors were obtained by Auster Aircraft Ltd for conversion for civil use and re-sale.

The ARV Super 2 was a new design using state of the art technology to produce a light, cheap, economical training aircraft to meet the requirements of aero clubs, and was expected to compete on the world’s markets with the French designed Robin ATL.

The Auster AOP-9 was designed specifically for the British Army Air Corps as an air-observation-post aircraft to replace previous Auster variants which had been civil designs converted to fill that role.

The Chinook series of light aircraft was produced at Vernon, British Colombia, in Canada by Aircraft Sales & Parts, and more than 900 examples have been produced and sold around the world.

The Agricola agricultural aircraft was designed by the chief designer of Auster Aircraft Ltd, R E Bird, in the 1950s following a tour he made of New Zealand to examine the requirements of agricultural operators.

The Champion V is one of a series of light aircraft designed in Italy by Guiseppe Vidor, the first of this model making its first flight in 1995.