Leslie John Robert Jones, in conjunction with Dr N P Boulton, in 1927 commenced the design and construction, and later testing

The Societe des Avions Jodel, formed in 1946, designed and built the single-seat Model D-9 Bebe light monoplane as a cheap, easy-to-build-and-fly aircraft for amateur constructors.

Designed as a two-seat development of the Jodel D-9, the D-11 became the basic model in a series of Jodel two-seat, light aircraft designs for amateur and commercial production.

The Jabiru J-120 is one of a range of light aircraft designed in Australia and built by Jabiru at its facility at Bundaberg in Queensland for the recreational aviation market in Australia.

The D-18 Sovereign was derived from the Jodel D-11 series but it is smaller and lighter all round so that it may be fitted with smaller engines, ie in the 41-kw (55-hp) to 60-kw (80-hp) class.

The J160 was designed to meet JAR-VLA European airworthiness standards by Jabiru Aircraft Pty Ltd of Bundaberg, QLD.