The Panther was designed by Daniel Weseman of Florida, US, a pilot and machinist who was involved in making conversions of the General Motors Corvair six-cylinder engine for installation in light aircraft.
The British light aircraft manufacturing company, Simmonds Aircraft Ltd, underwent some changes in 1930 and became Spartan Aircraft Ltd and produced aircraft initially at its Weston, Southampton facility, before moving to East Cowes on the Isle of Wight on 20 February 1931.
The RF-4 was one of a series of self-launched gliders designed by Rene Fournier in France. The first of the motor glider series of aircraft was the RF-01 (F-WJGX) built in a disused laundry in Cannes over a period of three years.
The Sportavia-Putzer series of aircraft was designed in Germany by Mr M Rene Fournier, the company being formed in 1966 to take over from Alpavia the manufacture of his series of light aircraft.
Produced as a successor to the Simmonds Spartan, between 1930 and 1935 Spartan Aircraft Ltd constructed a total of twenty-six examples of its Three-Seater, the first two being completed at Southampton, and the remainder at the company’s new facility at East Cowes on the Isle of Wight.
The SP-30 is a two-seat light sporting and training aircraft manufactured in Russia by Spectr Aero and is described as an upgrade and development of the Zenair CH-701 aircraft series with changes aimed at improving its performance and ability to meet requirements in the light-aviation field in Russia.
In 1919 Sopwith Aviation and Engineering Co Ltd produced the Dove, this being a two/three-seat variant of the Sopwith Pup fighter of World War I converted for use as a private touring and training aircraft.
Designed and developed in Canada by Spectrum, the Beaver is a strut-braced high-wing monoplane of aluminium tube construction with double surface Dacron covering, and with a Mylar reinforced leading edge.
The Gnu was introduced in 1919 by the Sopwith Aviation Co of Canbury Park Road, Kingston-on-Thames, as a three-seat touring biplane or taxi aircraft with an enclosed cabin for the two passengers, although the enclosed cabin was found to be very cramped and was not popular and most were operated
The FSRW, constructed almost entirely of fibreglass, was initially a development project of the Sydney University School of Aeronautical Engineering, in 1974.
For many years Soloy Conversions in the United States has been involved in converting of aircraft and helicopters to turbine power, using the Allison 250 range of turbines.
The Hiller UH-12 series of utility helicopters has been in service world-wide for many years, being produced by the original Hiller company and was known as the Model 360 family, and some were produced by Fairchild-Hiller, , being supported by Hiller Aviation Inc which produced new or re-manufactured examples until
One of a new breed of high performance homebuilt aircraft available to the amateur constructor in kit form, the Seawind 2500 was designed by Seawind Industries of Haliburton, Ontario, Canada,the prototype (C-GFNL) flying for the first time on 23 August 1982.
Soloy Aviation Solutions has for many years been involved in converting aircraft and helicopters to turbine power and aircraft involved have included the Cessna 206, 207, 208 etc.
This series of agricultural aircraft has received a number of appellations over the years, being known as the Snow Commander, Ayres, Marsh, Thrush, Aero Commander Ag Commander and the Rockwell Thrush Commander.
The Onex is one of a series of light aircraft produced in the United States by Sonex Aircraft of Oshkosh in Wisconsin as a kit for amateur construction, the first Onex variant being flown for the first time on 27 January 2011.
In 1979 Socata, the general aviation division of Aerospatiale, was continuing with development of a series of light aircraft and at this time the TB-10 was named the Tobago, and a new less powerful model became the TB-9 Tampico, the latter being aimed at the training market.
In 1975 the Research and Development Department of the Societe de Construction D’Avions de Tourisme et D’Affaires in France (a subsidiary of Aerospatiale) initiated the design of a new series of touring monoplanes.
The SubSonex was designed by John Monnett and began as a dream in his mind for a personal sport jet that could be flown by someone with average to good pilot skills.
The TB-20 Trinidad was designed by Socata, a subsidiary of Aerospatiale, as a natural up-market development of the popular TB-10 Tobago but fitted with a retractable undercarriage, a 187-kw (250-hp) engine, and an increased fuel capacity.
TBM was established by the Aerospatiale General Aviation Division, Socata, and the US manufacturer Mooney, to produce a high-performance business aircraft.
Following the success of other aircraft in the Sonex range, John Monnett designed the Xenos which is aimed at bringing the cost of motor gliding to an affordable level.
The TBM 850 is an up-rated variant of the TBM 700 business aircraft to take a more powerful PT6A-66D turboprop and was aimed at the market to provide a higher cruising speed and journey
In 1920 the British Air Ministry published rules for a Small Commercial Aeroplane Competition and a number of designs were entered, including the Westland Limousine and the Sopwith Antelope.
The TBM-900 is a development of the business and executive / utility aircraft series produced in France since it was introduced to the market in 1990, examples being operated over the years by the French Arm and Air Force, with 324 TBM-700s being delivered, followed by 338 TBM-850s, being replaced
In 1985 Soloy Aviation Solutions converted a Cessna 206 to turbine power, replacing the Continental TIO-520 engine with a Rolls Royce / Allison 250 turboshaft, this engine providing in this installation 311-kw (417-shp) and gives better performance, safety and value, and since then other Cessna models including the 182 and
The Mynah 2 was a one-off homebuilt light biplane aircraft and although designed by Wallace and Robert McNair, it had no resemblance or linkage with the McNair Mynah, which is dealt with elsewhere.
The T-67 Firefly series was a development by Slingsby Aviation of the Fournier RF-6B two-seat aerobatic club trainer designed in the early 1970s and built with a steel-tube fuselage with fabric covering, and a wood with fabric covered wing.
The CA-22 was built for ultralight regulations and development of the JAR/VLA variant produced the CA-22A and this became the first Australian-built aircraft to be certified in the Normal Category, but ultralight certification was also available.
Designed by Egon Scheibe, this series of self-launching gliders was introduced in 1968 by the German firm, Scheibe, which commenced production of a side-by-side two-seat dual-control training version of the SF-24A Motorspatz.
Following the success of the Kitfox in Australia, development of the series by Calair, a division of Hedaro International Pty Ltd, lead to the CA-22, the first flight of this model being made on 22 June 1990, this being certificated to CAO 101.55 standard, followed by development of JAR-VLA version
In 1977 a Melbourne aircraft designer, Ross Nolan, proposed an aircraft known as the Opal, the aircraft to be of moulded fibreglass, with a 67-kw (90-hp) converted Volkswagen engine, have a cruising speed of 290 km/h (180 mph) and a range of 4,630 km (2,977 miles).