The Hi-MAX is one of a series of ultra-light aircraft designed to be built by amateur builders and to be registered under ultra-light regulations.

Designed by Moulton B ‘Molt’ Taylor in 1969, the first of two prototypes of this series (N1070) flew for the first time in February 1971 and was known as the Coot Model A. Fitted with a 90-kw (120-hp) Franklin 225 engine, the aircraft completed 100 hours of flying before being

The Ultra-Piet is one of a number of designs produced in kit form for the amateur construction marketed by Rag Wing Plans Service of Craytonville Airfield, Honea Path, South Carolina. It is a 75% scale model of the Pietenpol Air Camper of the 1930s.

The history of the design and development of the Mustang is well known and documented and is too long to deal with here.

Following the introduction in the United Sates of US FAR 103 regulations for Ultralight Vehicles, a number of companies produced ultra-light aircraft to the market which complied with these regulations, one of these being the Pitbull gyrocopter.

The Northrop Delta 1-D was produced in 1935 as an eight passenger derivative of the Northrop Gamma 2-D of 1933. The Delta was an advanced airliner for its time and used the same wing and undercarriage as the Gamma but was fitted with a larger fuselage to accommodate the passengers.

The MQ-4C is a development of the Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk and is an unmanned aerial vehicle developed for the United States Navy as a surveillance aircraft and has been developed under the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) program.

In the early 1930s Northrop Corp, which at this time was operating from a facility at Mines Field at Los Angeles Municipal Airport, designed and built the single-engine Delta, which was an enlarged Alpha. However, at the same time the new Company built two Model 2 Gammas, being single or

The N-3 Pup was a designed by Robert Counts in 1990 as a single-seat 75% scale replica of the Piper J-3 Cub series.

Designed by the company Peter Nunn & Associates Pty Ltd of Fitzroy, North Victoria, the prototype PN-2 (VH-PII - c/n P-002) is an all-metal two-seat low-wing monoplane with a bubble canopy powered by a converted Mazda 13B rotary motor-car engine.

Advance Aircraft Company, which later became the Waco Aircraft Company, is well known for building light passenger aircraft in the 1920s and a number of examples of the series have operated in this part of the World.

This aircraft was designed as a three-man-powered aircraft following the announcement of a competition by Henry Kremer, a British Industrialist, for interested builders to design, construct, and fly a human-powered aircraft over a figure-of-eight course covering a distance of 1.6-km (1-mile), the course to include a 3.048-m (10-ft) pole that

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).

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 Cougar I was designed by Robert Nesmith in 1957 and is similar in configuration to the Wittman Tailwind, the designer being of the view the latter type could ‘stand a little improvement”.

The Nexus Mustang was designed by Richard Eaves of London, Ontario, Canada, who commenced building homebuilt aircraft in 1962. After building a Corben Baby Ace and a Bushby Mustang, and visiting an EAA event at Oshkosh, he decided to build an aircraft of his own design which suited his requirements.

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 prototype of the Soviet designed Yakovlev 18 series was flown for the first time in 1945 and, after entering production in 1947, saw extensive service with the Soviet Airforce, and the airforces of Austria, China, Czechoslovakia, North Korea, Poland, East Germany, Egypt and Hungary.

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 National NA-75 was a conversion of the Boeing PT-17 Stearman two-seat training biplane, of which many became available after World War II from the US services, and a number of schemes were put in place to convert them for agricultural use.

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”.

The N3N series of biplane trainers was designed and produced by the US Navy’s Bureau of Aeronautics.

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.

When first seen in Australia, the Navion Rangemaster was publicised as having the longest range of any single-engine light aircraft then available.

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

The Lancair 200 is a two-seat sport and touring monoplane designed by Lance Neibauer for the homebuilt market.

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.

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 North American NA-64 was a low-wing monoplane fitted with a Wright radial engine aimed at the advanced trainer market and was ordered for the French Armee de l’Air and the French Aeronavale, eventually seeing extensive service with the Royal Canadian Air Force and the German Luftwaffe, the latter using

The Longster was a single-seat light parasol-wing aircraft designed for amateur constructors in the late 1920s by the Long Brothers who operated a radio factory in Cornelius, Oregon. Their first design left much to be desired and they abandoned that and built the Anzani Longster in 1930, this being a

The WR-1 Love was a single-seat high performance gull-wing monoplane designed in the 1950s by Neal Loving and built by Wayne Aircraft Co of Detroit, Michigan. It flew for the first time on 7 August 1950 and qualified as a ‘midget racer’ under NAA rules on 18 August 1951. Sets

The Luscombe series of light monoplanes was introduced by the Luscombe Airplane Corp in 1937. Powered by a 37-kw (50-hp) Continental engine, the Model 8, also known as the Luscombe 50, received type approval in August 1938. Production rate was quickly increased to meet demand, with most aircraft being delivered

The Luton LA-4 Minor single-seat, ultra-light aircraft was designed by Luton Aircraft in the United Kingdom in 1936. The prototype was flown in that year fitted with a 26-kw (35-hp) Anzani engine. Subsequently it was modified to make the design more suitable for amateur construction, and a number were built

The Loehle Aircraft Corp is based in Wartrace, Tennessee in the United States and has in recent years produced a series of ¾-scale replicas of World War I and II fighters in kit form, the latter included the P-40 Kittyhawk, the Supermarine Spitfire, and the North American Mustang. The

Designed in 1934 as a ten/twelve seat commercial airliner for airlines in the United States, the Lockheed 10 became a very successful aircraft until the advent of the larger Douglas DC-3.

In 1935 the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation decided to build a smaller version of its very successful Model 10 for feeder-line and business use.

The Lockheed 60, also known as the LASA-60, the CL-402, and the Santa Maria, was designed and built by Lockheed’s Georgia Division to a specification prepared by General Juan Azcarate of Mexico.

The Lockheed Sirius was designed by Gerrard Vultee for Colonel Charles Lindbergh, being built at Burbank, California. It was a low-wing monoplane with two cockpits and was used to set a number of US trans-continental records.

In the 1990s Lockheed privately funded a development of the very successful (over 2,000 built) Hercules series, and the C-130J was the most comprehensive update of the type to date.

The ER-2 is a derivative of the Lockheed U-2 series built for the North American Space Administration (NASA) and the first aircraft was delivered in 1981, being based at the Dryden Flight Research Center (which later became the Armstrong Flight Research Center)