The Savage Monoplane, or Savage Special as it was also known, was one of a small number of New Zealand-designed and amateur-built aircraft to be successfully flown, having been granted a Certificate of Airworthiness.

Over the years manufacturers have looked at the requirements of commuter airlines with a view to producing new airliners to meet operator requirements.

The S.16 was a passenger carrying flying-boat built in Italy by the Societa Idrovolanti Alti Italia (SIAI) for operations of civil passenger carrying and was powered by a Fiat A.12bis engine.

Built by Svenska Aeroplane AB at Linkoping in Sweden, the Safir was an all-metal training monoplane produced for the Swedish Airforce.

Arthur Waldermar Schaef was one of the more successful early aircraft designers and builders who lived in this part of the world in the early 20th Century.

The Sadler Vampire was a single-seat ultra-light aircraft designed by Bill Sadler and built in the United States, 28 aircraft being built there before a downturn in the fortunes of the industry led to production ceasing.

The SF-24 Motorspatz is a two-seat self-launched glider developed and built in Germany for training purposes. Scheibe over the years has developed a number of gliders, a few of which have been motorised.

The Goat series of ultralight basic gliders was designed by Michael Sandlin in the United States, it being a parasol wing, single-seat glider for which Mr Sandlin produced technical drawings for construction by amateur builders.

This series of gliders was introduced to the Company’s range in 1964, being a development of the earlier Zugvogel and SF-26, the SF-27A being a standard Class design for competition.

Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873-1932) was a wealthy Brazilian living in Paris, France and he played an important part in promoting the design and construction of airships for some years from 1898, and was one of the first ‘Aeronauts’ to build and fly an airship in controlled and sustained flight.

The Arcus was developed by Schempp-Hirth Flugzeugbau GmbH in Germany as a two-seat 20-meter high-performance glider and employed the latest developments in aerodynamic research and has been described as a high-performance and practical aircraft and complements the Company’s Duo Discus series of gliders.