The Falcon is a light gyrocopter produced in kit form in the United States and has been produced in two variants, the Falcon single-seater and the Falcon II two seater.

The Redwing was designed by John Kenworthy as a light touring biplane, being built by Robinson Aircraft Co Ltd of Stafford Road, Wallington, Surrey, which later in 1931 became Redwing Aircraft Co Ltd.

B J Schramm has been involved in the designing and marketing of both ready-to-fly and prefabricated components for light helicopters since the 1960s.

The first of a new series of single-engine monoplanes, the prototype Commander 112 was flown for the first time on 4 December 1970 powered by a 134-kw (180-hp) Lycoming O-360 engine.

The Schramm Aircraft Company was formed in 1958 by B J Schramm to market both ready-to-fly and pre-fabricated components for a single-seat light sporting helicopters.

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.

Centre Est Aeronautique was formed at Dijon in France in 1957 to manufacture a series of light aircraft based on Jodel designs.

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.

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.

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.

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

The Sabre was a one-off unlimited-category aerobatic aircraft designed in the United States by Daniel Rihn.

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.

Following the success of the Dove a number of companies sought to improve the product to increase performance.

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.

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

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.

The B1-RD was a single-seat ultralight or minimum aircraft with a framework built of 60661 T6 aircraft grade aluminium.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Rans series of aircraft is produced by Rans Inc at Hays in Kansas, USA.

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.

The S.12 Airaile is one of a range of light aircraft designs released by Rans Inc of Hays, Kansas.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The S-19 is a high-performance, all-metal two-seat high-wing light side-by-side configuration monoplane with a tricycle undercarriage produced in kit form by Rans Aircraft of Hays, Kansas and designed by Randal Schlitter in 2006 as a purpose-designed aircraft taking advantage of the recently, at the time, new regulations relating to the

The Flying Fox, as it was known, was designed by Captain R W Reid, MC, who had served with the Australian Flying Corps during World War I.

Unveiled at the EAA event at Oshkosh in Wisconsin in July 2013, the S-20 Raven was the latest of a long line of light aircraft developed by Rans, this model being a development of the S-6S Coyote and designed to replace that model on the market.

In 1960 The Cessna Aircraft Company of Wichita, Kansas, obtained a 49% holding in the French company Societe Nouvelle de Avions Max Holste, the name of this company later being changed to Reims Aviation SA.