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ROTEC PANTHER
ROTEC PANTHER
The Panther was an American designed strut braced monoplane imported by Rotec Rally Australia of QLD for sale on the Australian market.
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RUTAN LONG EZ
RUTAN LONG EZ
The Long Ez is a tandem two-seat, high-performance aircraft of canard configuration designed by Elbert Rutan, and is a development of the well-known VariEze, being somewhat larger overall.
  • David C. Eyre
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ROTEC RALLY 2 and 3
ROTEC RALLY 2 and 3
The Rotec Rally 2 was designed and marketed by Rotec Engineering from about 1980 to 1985. It was a single-seat ultra-light produced in some numbers in the 1980s and had a tubular aluminium framework with a single wing and a pusher engine, it being bolted together and was covered in
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ROTEC RELIANT
ROTEC RELIANT
Rotec is an Australian company which is well known for its production of two radial engines for light aircraft, the seven-cylinder R-2800 and the nine-cylinder R-3600, and the production of throttle body fuel injection units and liquid cooled heads for Jabiru engines etc.
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ROTOR FLIGHT DOMINATOR
ROTOR FLIGHT DOMINATOR
Rotor Flight Dynamics Inc of Wimauma, Florida has for some years been producing single and two-seat gyrocopters using the patented Dragon Wing Rotor, the Dominator being designed by Ernest Boyette.
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ROBIN HR200-120
ROBIN HR200-120
In 1970, to meet the requirements of French flying and aero clubs, Avions Pierre Robin at Dijon in France designed and built a new two-seat training aircraft series known as the HR.200, the prototype flying for the first time on 29 July 1971.
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ROBIN DR400 REGENT
ROBIN DR400 REGENT
Following the success of the DR.253 Regent, DR.315 Cadet, DR.340 Major, DR360 Chevalier and DR.380 Prince series of aircraft, all of which were basically of wooden construction, Centre Est, or Robin, introduced the DR.400, construction of the prototype of which began in 1971.
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REPLICA PLANS SE.5a REPLICA
REPLICA PLANS SE.5a REPLICA
This aircraft, marketed by Replica Plans of Chilliwack, British Colombia, was designed as a scaled-down replica of the famous SE-5a fighter of World War I, incorporated modern techniques and a modern American engine to permit the aircraft to be built by amateur constructors.
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ROBIN DR500 PRESIDENT
ROBIN DR500 PRESIDENT
Following the success of the DR.253 Regent, DR.315 Cadet, DR.340 Major, DR360 Chevalier and DR.380 Prince series of aircraft, all of which were basically of wooden construction, Centre Est, or Robin, introduced the DR.400, construction of the prototype of which began in 1971.
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REPUBLIC RC-3 SEABEE
REPUBLIC RC-3 SEABEE
In 1941 the S-12 Amphibian Air Car was built in the United States by Percival H Spencer, he having formed Spencer-Larson Aircraft Corp to build a light amphibian.
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ROBIN HR100 ROYALE
ROBIN HR100 ROYALE
Centre Est Aeronautique was formed at Dijon in France in 1957 to manufacture a series of light aircraft based on Jodel designs.
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REVOLUTION MINI 500
REVOLUTION MINI 500
The Mini 500 single-seat helicopter is one of a new breed of machines aimed at the sporting and farming markets and has been developed by Revolution Helicopter Co of Excelsior Springs in Montana.
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ROBIN R1180 AIGLON
ROBIN R1180 AIGLON
The Aiglon was one of a series of touring monoplanes produced in France in the late 1970s and early 1980s and completed in small numbers, the prototype making its first flight on late 1976 and being known as the R.1180 Aiglon.
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RICHARDSON WASP
RICHARDSON WASP
Mr Mervyn VICtor Richardson (1893 - 1972), founder later of the well known motor mower company, Victa Consolidated Industries, was born at Yarramalong, NSW and was one of the sons of Archibald George Heron Richardson and his wife, Charlotte Martha, nee Griffith.
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ROBIN R2120
ROBIN R2120
This series of light aircraft was developed from the Avions Pierre Robin R.2160, and was designed by Robin Aviation in France in 1978 but in 1985 production ceased. Production re-commenced in 1994 after some redesign, which included new electrics and hydraulic brakes, better corrosion proofing etc, and a new, for
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RIHN SABRE 320
RIHN SABRE 320
The Sabre was a one-off unlimited-category aerobatic aircraft designed in the United States by Daniel Rihn.
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ROBIN R3000
ROBIN R3000
In 1978 Centre Est continued its design and development of the old Jodel series and produced a new series of touring aircraft known as the R.3000, these being all-metal touring and training aircraft and differed from the earlier designs in having a T-tail.
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RILEY AERONAUTICS EXECUTIVE 400
RILEY AERONAUTICS EXECUTIVE 400
Following the success of the Dove a number of companies sought to improve the product to increase performance.
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ROBINSON R-22
ROBINSON R-22
The R-22 light helicopter was designed by Frank D Robinson. The first of two prototypes, which was flown on 28 August 1975, was the result of six years of development work.
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RITZ AIRCRAFT STANDARD A
RITZ AIRCRAFT STANDARD A
In 1984 in the United States Gerald Ritz designed an ultra-light aircraft and commenced to supply plans to the amateur-built aircraft market but shortly after, whilst testing the aircraft was killed due, it is said, to a flaw in the aircraft’s design, this being related to the wing suffering aeroelastic
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ROBINSON R-44 CADET
ROBINSON R-44 CADET
In 2015 The Robinson Helicopter Co announced it planned to produce a two-seat variant of the R-44 called the Cadet which would be suitable for a wide variety of utilitarian applications, but mainly aimed at the training market.
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ROBERTSON STOL B1-RD
ROBERTSON STOL B1-RD
The B1-RD was a single-seat ultralight or minimum aircraft with a framework built of 60661 T6 aircraft grade aluminium.
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ROBINSON R-44
ROBINSON R-44
The R-44 is a four-seat development of the very successful R-22, more than 2,000 examples of which had been delivered when the R-44 entered production in late 1992.
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ROBIN ATL BIJOU
ROBIN ATL BIJOU
The cost of the modern-day light training aircraft, and the cost of the fuel and servicing, has increased dramatically over the years, and to this end a number of manufacturers have looked at ways and means of reducing costs.
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ROBINSON R-66
ROBINSON R-66
The R-66 is a turbine powered helicopter developed in the United States. In March 2007 Frank Robinson announced his company would produced a turbine variant of the R-44, the prototype being shown at the company’s facility fitted with a new lightweight Rolls Royce 300 engine, the aircraft making its debut
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REMOS G-3 MIRAGE
REMOS G-3 MIRAGE
The Mirage is a small ultra-light aircraft designed by Lorenz Kreitmeyer and developed by Remos Aircraft of Eschelbach, Germany, being a development of the Company’s Model G-2 Gemini.
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RAVIN AIRCRAFT 500
RAVIN AIRCRAFT 500
The Ravin is an all-composite four-seat light aircraft produced by SA Ravin Aircraft of Pretoria in South Africa.
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RENAISSANCE COMPOSITES BERKUT
RENAISSANCE COMPOSITES BERKUT
Over the years the Berkut has been known by a number of names, depending on the company providing the kits, but these have included Renaissance Composites Inc of Santa Monica, California, and Berkut Engineering.
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RAYTHEON HAWKER 800, 850, 900, 1000
RAYTHEON HAWKER 800, 850, 900, 1000
Following the success of the Hawker Siddeley HS-125 series over the years British Aerospace, which acquired the interests of Hawker Siddeley, announced the launch of two new models, the Model 800 and 1000, the prototype of the new series, the British Aerospace 125-800 featuring a number of improvements over its
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RAYTHEON PREMIER I
RAYTHEON PREMIER I
Raytheon in 1980 acquired the Beech Aircraft Corp and in 1994 merged Beech with its own company, Raytheon Corporate Jets which at that time was building the Hawker 800 series of business jets.
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RANS S-10 SAKOTA
RANS S-10 SAKOTA
The Rans series of aircraft is produced by Rans Inc at Hays in Kansas, USA.
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REARWIN 9000 SPORTSTER
REARWIN 9000 SPORTSTER
In 1928 R A Rearwin started to design and produce a series of light aircraft for the commercial market which culminated in the Sportster series of two-seat, light touring monoplanes.
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RANS S-12 AIRALE
RANS S-12 AIRALE
The S.12 Airaile is one of a range of light aircraft designs released by Rans Inc of Hays, Kansas.
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REARWIN CLOUDSTER
REARWIN CLOUDSTER
A sister aircraft to the Rearwin Sportster in the Rearwin stable, the Model 8135 Cloudster was built by the company at its Fairfax Airport, Kansas, facility from 1940, at that time being powered by the Ken-Royce radial engine.
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RANS S-14 AIRALE
RANS S-14 AIRALE
The S-12 Airale was, like all the aircraft in the Rans light aircraft series, designed by Randall Schlitter and introduced to the experimental home-built aircraft market in March 1980, this being a two-seat high-wing monoplane with side-by-side seating and a tricycle undercarriage.
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REBEL 300
REBEL 300
The Rebel 300 is the predecessor of the American-built Lazer Z-300 aerobatic aircraft, being a single-seater designed for high-performance unlimited aerobatics competition.
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RANS S-16 SHEKARI
RANS S-16 SHEKARI
The prototype of the S-16 Shekari (N8072U) with a 60-kw (80-hp) Rotax 912 UL engine first flew on 25 March 1997, being of tricycle undercarriage configuration.
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REFLEX LIGHTNING BUG
REFLEX LIGHTNING BUG
Designed by Nick Jones, the Lightning Bug was a follow-up to the high performance four-seat aircraft by the same designer, the White Lightning, but was entirely different in being a single-seat high performance monoplane for aerobatic work.
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RANS S-17 STINGER
RANS S-17 STINGER
The S-17 Stinger is a single-seat high-wing light sporting aircraft with a pusher engine produced by Rans Aircraft in Hays, Kansas in the United States and is supplied in kit form.
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REFLEX WHITE LIGHTNING
REFLEX WHITE LIGHTNING
The White Lightning was designed by Howell C Jones Jr for White Lightning Aircraft Corp, of Walterboro, South Carolina, and production of kits for amateur constructors began in September 1986.
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