Development of the Hercules has continued over the years. After the C-130A was the C-130B, which differed from the C-130A in having up-rated T56-A-7 engines and four-blade Hamilton Standard propellers in place of the three-blade Aeroproducts units.

The Lockheed L-1011 Tristar (Model 193) was designed as a competitor for the Douglas DC-10, the manufacturer being approached by American Airlines to build an airliner smaller than the Boeing 747 but able to operate from its main bases at Dallas and New York to London and South America.

Following the success of the C-130E, development of the Hercules has continued. The C-130F was a transport version for the US Navy; the HC-130G was for the US Coast Guard for search and rescue duties; and the C-130H was basically a C-130E model with up-rated engines.

In the 1990s Lockheed privately funded a development of the very successful (over 2,000 built) Hercules series, and the C-130J was the most comprehensive update of the type to date.

Two examples of this ultralight aircraft have been completed in New Zealand and commenced life as kits for the Team HiMax but were extensively modified during construction.

The ER-2 is a derivative of the Lockheed U-2 series built for the North American Space Administration (NASA) and the first aircraft was delivered in 1981, being based at the Dryden Flight Research Center (which later became the Armstrong Flight Research Center)

Designed in 1934 as a ten/twelve seat commercial airliner for airlines in the United States, the Lockheed 10 became a very successful aircraft until the advent of the larger Douglas DC-3.

On 21 April 1964 Lockheed flew a civilian freight example of the military C-130 transport and placed it into low-rate production. This aircraft was used as a civil demonstrator, and was basically a C-130E without military equipment.

The T-2 Sundowner is a two-seat in tandem light sporting aircraft produced by Light Aero Australia, this company entering the field of producing light kit aircraft in 2010, and displaying the prototype of the T-2, incomplete, at the 2011 Natfly event at Temora.

The Learjet 60 was announced on 3 October 1990 as the successor to the Learjet 55C, the first proof-of-concept aircraft flying with a Pratt & Whitney PW 305 turbofan on 18 October 1990, flying with two PW 305s in May 1992.

This is one of a series of light aircraft kits produced by Light Miniature Aircraft of Keechobee, Florida in kit form for amateur construction.

In the late 1920s Mr T D Leech, a lecturer in civil engineering at the Sydney University, with the assistance of five graduates from the University, designed and built a biplane known as the Australian Maid.

Light miniature Aircraft of Okeechobee, Florida, is a company which has produced replicas of light aircraft of the 1950s to various scale, these including the LM-2X-2P 7/8th scale replica of a Taylorcraft.

The L-410 series was designed by the Letov organisation as a light transport and feeder liner for operation in the eastern block. The prototype (OK-YKE) flew for the first time on 16 April 1969 powered by two 533-kw (715-eshp) Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 turboprops.

The LM-5X Super Cub was first introduced to the light aircraft market in 1993, being an 88% scale copy of a Piper J-3 Cub, the aircraft being constructed of wood covered in dacron. It is a high-wing machine with a high-wing with a tractor engine and a tailwheel.

The Blanik L-13 glider was a two-seat trainer produced by Let Kunovice in Czechoslovakia in the 1950s, the prototype making its first flight in 1956 and more than 3,000 examples have been delivered in a variety of models over many years. It is said to be the most widely used

The Lincoln Sports light biplane for amateur construction was designed in the USA in the 1920’s by Mr S Swanson of Vermillion, North Dakota.

The Morava was designed by Ladislav Smrcek as a four/five seat successor to the Aero 145, and the prototype, the first of three (OK-LNA), was flown for the first time on 8 April 1957.

The Classic is one of a series of ultra-light aircraft produced by Free Bird Innovations Inc of Detroit Lakes, Minnesota.

The Z-37 Cmelak (Bumble Bea) was designed and built by LET Narodni Podnik, the LET National Corporation which evolved from a branch of the Skoda series of companies.

Little Wing Autogyros of Mayflower, Arizona, has for some years now produced a series of light single-seat fully enclosed tractor autogyros.

The Let Z-37 Cmelak (Bumblebee) was an agricultural aircraft designed and built in Czechoslovakia, work commencing in 1961 and the prototype the XZ-37 first flew on 29 March 1963.

In 1953 the Lobert brothers, William and James, decided to design and build their own aircraft and this machine (F-WECC) became known as the Lobert 01, flying for the first time at Lille in France in 1953.

Of similar configuration to the Maxair Drifter, the Air Cam is a two-seat, open-cockpit, light twin-engine aircraft intended for aerial photography which has utility applications, and which is marketed by Leza-Lockwood Corp of Sebring, Florida.

In the 1950s two brothers, James and William Lobet, who were residents in the south of France, showed an interest in aircraft and designed and built a range of gliders to meet their needs.

The XL-2 was designed by Anthony Tiarks and built in the United Kingdom as a two-seat low-wing, general aviation aircraft in the late 1990s by Liberty Aircraft, a subsidiary of the company which previously conceived and marketed the very successful Europa kitplane.

Charles Ligeti in 1982 built a hang-glider for the Australian Bird Man Rally and then went on to design the Statos, the prototype flying on 25 April 1985 for 45 minutes.

The Lasconder was the second commercial aircraft designed and built by the Larkin Aircraft Supply Co Ltd (LASCo).

The Lascoter single-engine cabin monoplane was designed by Mr W S Shackleton, a British designer, who visited and was resident in Australia for a period in the 1930s.

The Hitchhiker was designed, built and marketed by Robert Labahan of Seville, VIC in the mid 1980s as a single-seat, open-cockpit ultra-light suitable for cross-country and short field operations.

One of the important design bureaus in the Soviet Union during World War II was that headed by Semyon Alexse’evich Lavochkin.

The Renegade is a six-seat development of the Buccaneer, a type which has proved very popular in this region, with more than 40 examples registered over the years.

The Z-2300 was designed for unlimited class competition aerobatics and is a two-seat development of the single-seat Z-300, which itself was developed from the Rebel 300.

The Colonial C-1 Skimmer was built by the Colonial Aircraft Corporation in the USA, with the prototype being flown for the first time on 17 July 1948. This three-seat amphibian was powered by a 93-kw (125-hp) Lycoming O-290-D engine, and received its type approval on 19 September 1955.

The Lea Kestrel was designed by Cecil Lea under the provisions of ANO 95.10 and was built in prototype form following the granting of a Technical Data Package.

The LA-270 Seafury is a development of the Lake LA-250 Renegade produced by Lake Aircraft Inc of Kissimmee, Florida and is a six-seat amphibious utility aircraft developed in the United States.

For many years marketed as the fastest business jet in production, the Learjet was also the most well known and one of the best selling, with some 745 turbojet examples having been delivered in the 23, 24, 25, 28 and 29 series.

Following the success of the Neico Lancair series of kitplanes, Lance Neibauer designed a production certificated aircraft based on the four-seat Lancair ES and set up a separate company to build and market the new type.

For many years the Learjet was marketed as the fastest business jet in production. It was designed by William P Lear in Switzerland as the SAAC-23, being eventually produced in Wichita, Kansas, the prototype Model 23 flying for the first time on 7 October 1963.

The Legacy is one of a range of aircraft produced by Lancair, formerly known as Neico, for the kit-built market and is a high-performance private owners touring machine, being an up-dated variant of the Lancair 320.