Acknowledged to be the finest shipboard fighter of World War II, the Corsair was superior in many respects to the Mustang below 6,096 m (20,000 ft), and, although it was designed for shipboard operation, the type was probably operated more frequently from land bases during the war.

The Wackett, named after its designer, Sir Lawrence Wackett, was developed by the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation as an intermediate step between the elementary trainer, the de Havilland DH-82 Tiger Moth, and the more advance trainer, the CAC Wirraway.

Although not as famous as the Boeing B-17 Fortress, the Liberator was built in substantially greater numbers and operated on more operational fronts and in a greater variety of variants (15 major) than any other allied or enemy bomber.

The CA-15 was the second single-seat fighter designed and built in Australia for service in the Pacific Theatre of Operations, the Boomerang being the first.

The requirement for a very long-range transport quickly became apparent early in world War II and , because of its roomy fuselage and good cruising speed, the B-24 series was a logical aircraft to develop to meet this requirement.

The Winjeel (an Aboriginal word meaning young eagle) was designed to meet a 1948 specification for an aircraft to replace both the de Havilland Tiger Moth and the CAC Wirraway

The PBY Catalina was designed by Consolidated-Vultee Aircraft Corporation, which received an order from the US Navy on 28 October 1933 to build an experimental patrol aircraft designated XP3Y-1. The prototype (c/n 9459) flew for the first time on 21 March 1935 at Hampton Road, powered by two 615 kw

Considered to be the best of the numerous derivatives of the North American F-86F Sabre, the CA-27 Sabre had about 60-percent of its fuselage structure changed due to the installation of a Rolls Royce Avon turbojet in place of the General Electric J-47, the Rolls Royce engine requiring a greater

In the 1920s Curtiss developed a series of biplane fighters, variants of which were built as civil aircraft, including the Conqueror Mailplane, D-12 Mailplane, and the Lindbergh Special built specially for Charles Lindberg.

In June 1940 the Australian War Cabinet voted money for the development of an aeroplane for the RAAF which was capable of dive-bombing, torpedo carrying, general bombing and reconnaissance duties.

In 1934 Don R Berlin, chief engineer of the Curtiss Airplane Division of the Curtiss Wright Corp, designed an all metal low-wing cantilever monoplane with a retractable undercarriage.

The licence-built Canadair Sabre was just one of a number of variants of the popular Sabre series.

Designed for one of the founders of the American aviation industry, Glenn Hammond Curtiss, the Jenny was one of the great pilot training aircraft of the World War I period.

In 1931 the Italian Company Cantiere Novale Triestino (CANT) was reorganised as Cantieri dell’Adriadtico (CRDA) and Filippo Zappato returned from working in France to become Chief Engineer.

In 1913 the brothers, Gaston and Rene Caudron, who lived in the Rue area of the Somme, designed and built a single-seat sesquiplane known as the Caudron G.II. Later in 1913 Lt Chanteloup looped a Caudron over Issy aerodrome near Paris.

As noted in the Top Cub article, CubCrafters was founded in 1980 by James Richmond in Wisconsin to re-build and modify Piper PA-18 Super Cubs and similar aircraft and eventually to redesign the aircraft and upgrade it to meet customer requirements.

Designed essentially as a touring monoplane for the eastern-block countries, but also available for sale to western nations, the Meta Sokol was built by the Avia factory of the Czechoslovakian National Aircraft Industry at Chocen.

The CubCrafters CC11-100 was introduced to the Light Sport Aircraft market in the United States to meet a requirement for a lower-powered variants of its range and is an entirely new aeroplane designed from the ground up making extensive use of modern avionics, design techniques and composites including carbon fibre,

CubCrafters was founded in 1980 by Mr James Richmond in Yakima, Wisconsin to re-build and modify PA-18 Super Cubs and similar aircraft, and by 2007 more than 120 aircraft had been through the company’s re-manufacturing facility.

The Culp Special was designed by Mr Steven Culp of Culp Specialities of Shreveport, Louisiana and is a development he made to the basic design of the Steen Skybolt to increase its aerobatic performance.

The Culver Cadet series of light aircraft was designed by Al Mooney and built by the Culver Aircraft Company of Wichita Kansas as a two-seat small side-by-side all-wood construction light aircraft fitted with a 60-kw (80-hp) Franklin 4AC-176-D engine.

The Currie Wot sporting biplane was designed by J R Currie in the 1930s, with the first example being built by Cinque Ports Aviation Limited in the United Kingdom in 1937.

After the success of the Starlet, John Corby redesigned the aircraft to be constructed in metal, the new model becoming known as the CM-2 Kestrel, and after release of plans to home builders, construction of two examples commenced in New Zealand.

One of the most successful freight aircraft available to operators in the 1930s and 40s, the Curtiss C-46 Commando was produced by the Curtiss-Wright Corp in 1936 when it embarked upon the design of a transport known as the CW-20 which had 20 berths as a night sleeper transport, and

This light sporting aircraft was initially produced by Corvus Aircraft Ltd, this company later becoming known as Corvus Hungary, the company over a period of eight years developing a fully composite light aircraft for private and training use, production of its aircraft by 2012 being said to be at a

One of a range of aircraft produced in the United States just before the Great Depression of the thirties, the Robin still sold well, with more than 700 examples produced.

Rene Couzinet was one of the early French aircraft designers, one of his aircraft, the Couzinet 10 (c/n 1 - Arc-en-Ciel) with three engines crossing the South Atlantic Ocean in 1933 on a return trip from Paris to Argentina.

The Curtiss Seagull was a civil variant of the Curtiss MF flying boat trainer produced from 1918, the civil aircraft having a 119-kw (160-hp) Curtiss C.6 six-cylinder in-line engine in place of the V-8 unit in the military variants.

In 1912 Harvey Crawford, who lived in Los Angeles, placed an entry in the Third International Air Meeting at Domingues Hills near the city and took part in the event.

The Full Metal Jacket is a newcomer to the light sports aircraft market and is of all-metal construction and built at Mildura, Vic, being a development of an aircraft known as The Bullet, which was a single-seat all-composite aircraft but about which little is known.

David Cecil Cross of Chatton, NZ, 24 years of age, described as a “technological experimenter” in 1933 built a small monoplane of his own design on a farm at Chatton, north of Gore, NZ. He was one of seven children.

Mr Anton Cvjetkovic, a Yugoslav emigrant to the United States, began work in May 1960 on the design of a series of light aircraft, the first of which became known as the CA61.

Colyaer SL has been building light sport aircraft for some years, the first aircraft produced being the Martin, which was fully certified and was a two-seater with a fixed tricycle undercarriage, this model becoming available in 1999 and in its later form was known as the Martin 3.

A successful series of airliners produced in the 1950s was the Convair CV-240, CV-340 and CV-440 series, a number of which saw service with airlines in Australia, and two were operated by the RAAF VIP flight.

Colyaer SL, [construcciones Ligeras y Aeronauticas S.L.] has been building light sport aircraft for some years, the first aircraft produced being the Martin, for which three prototypes were built, one of which was fully certified and was a two-seater with a fixed tricycle undercarriage, this model becoming available in 1999

The Adventurer is a single-engine two-seat light sporting high-wing monoplane built in New Zealand by Mr Bruce Cooke.

Designed by Flight Lieutenant Nicholas Comper, the founder of the Comper Aircraft Co Ltd, the CLA7 Swift was a tiny but very efficient single-seat sporting aircraft of wooden construction, fabric covered (except for the plywood rear decking), and powered by a 26-kw (35-hp) ABC Scorpion radial engine.

The Baby Ace was designed in the early 1930s by O J Corben as a single-seat sporting aircraft which could be fitted with a variety of engines. Early aircraft were fitted with the 37-kw (50-hp) Salmson AD9, the Continental A40, or the 34-kw (45-hp) Szlesky.

The Stingray was an early foray into the construction of ultra-light aircraft in Australia, being placed into production by Composite Engineering Pty Ltd at Camden, NSW. Fitted with a tricycle undercarriage, it was built to +6 -4 G and had max cross-wind component of 37 km/h (23 mph). Fuel consumption

The Super Ace was one of a number of light aircraft designed for sporting pilots in the United States by Orland G Corben. His first design, the Ace, was first marketed in 1923 and this was followed in later years by the Junior Ace, the Cabin Ace and the Super