The Menestrel family of light sporting aircraft was designed by Henry Nicollier in France as a low-wing, single-engine, light aircraft for amateur construction. This family of aircraft included both single-seat and two-seat variants.
The Pilatus is a high-wing two-seat in tandem light sporting aircraft with a tailwheel undercarriage designed and partially built by David Nightingale in Sydney, work commencing in about 2009 but was not finished.
The Kallithea is a high-performance sporting gyrocopter produced by Niki Rotor Aviation at Pravets in Bulgaria, the company specialising in the design, development and manufacture of autogyros and makes them available to interested parties in kit form for construction by amateur builders. It has developed and marketed a number of
The Opal was a light sporting aircraft designed by Ross Nolan, an aircraft engineer and designer and was described by him to the Press by means of the Melbourne Age in 1982 as ‘the plane of the future”.
Following the success of the Lancair 235 series, the manufacturer introduced a larger fuselage, increased flap effectiveness and a lengthened undercarriage with an oleo-pneumatic nose strut.
The Norseman was developed by Noorduyn Aviation Ltd Ltd, this company being founded by Robert Bernard Cornelius Noorduyn in 1938 after his former company, Noorduyn Aircraft Ltd, was re-organised.
The Lancair 360 is a development of the earlier 200, 235 and 320 series and has optional wingtip extensions that increase wingspan from 7.16 m (23 ft 5 in) to 8.3 m (27 ft 2 in).
The Nord 1002 Pingouin devolved from the Messerschmitt Bf 108 (which see). Following the invasion of France, a decision was made by the German RLM (State Ministry of Aviation) to transfer production to the SNCA de Nord facility at Les Mureaux to free up production facilities in Germany for fighter
One of the new breed of modern light high-performance kitplane homebuilts, the Lancair series has been developed over the years ito a number of models, the Lancair IV being released to amateur constructors in 1990. In 1991 a Lancair IV set a world speed record from San Francisco to Denver,
The Nord 3202 was manufactured by SNCA du Nord in France as a two-seat primary trainer for use as standard equipment at schools of the Aviation Legere de l’Armee (ALAT), replacing the Stampe SV-4 biplane.