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GRUMMAN BEARCAT REPLICA
GRUMMAN BEARCAT REPLICA
Work on an 80% scale all alloy scale replica of the Grumman F-8 Bearcat was commenced in Western Australia in about 2010, the aircraft to be fitted with a new 269-kw (360-hp) Vedeneyev M-14P radial engine driving a four-blade MT propeller.
  • David C. Eyre
  • May 25, 2020
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GRIMMER SKYLUX
GRIMMER SKYLUX
Mr Gavin Grimmer of Hastings, NZ built and flew a Canadian designed Falconar Maranda which in 1995 became ZK-JGR.
  • David C. Eyre
  • May 25, 2020
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HEARN MOSQUITO
HEARN MOSQUITO
The Mosquito was an ultralight designed and built in Australia for the local market. It was powered by a 16.4 kw (22-hp) Skylark engine.
  • David C. Eyre
  • May 25, 2020
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GRIGSON RG-8
GRIGSON RG-8
This aircraft was registered on 5 March 2013 as VH-NZG³ (c/n 2009-1). It was built by Robert Grigson of Strathfieldsaye, Vic. and is fitted with an Aero Sport Power IO-375-M1B engine driving a Whirlwind Aviation 200RV propeller.
  • David C. Eyre
  • May 25, 2020
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HEARN HI JACK
HEARN HI JACK
The Hi Jack is another ultralight built for the Australian market. Power plant was the popular at the time 16.4 kw (22-hp) Skylark engine.
  • David C. Eyre
  • May 25, 2020
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GREEN EAGLE 2015 FIT EFI
GREEN EAGLE 2015 FIT EFI
This was an ultralight aircraft registered with the RAA as 19-8674 (c/n G27A 82-2-53). Nothing further is known about the design.
  • David C. Eyre
  • May 25, 2020
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HAYDEN MONOPLANE
HAYDEN MONOPLANE
In about 1916 during World War I James Hayden of Narromine, NSW built a light aircraft on his property Acton along the lines of a Bleriot XI with wing warping and powered by two converted motor-cycle engines coupled and driving a single propeller.
  • David C. Eyre
  • May 25, 2020
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GRANT D5 U/L REPLICA
GRANT D5 U/L REPLICA
J Thomas Grant of Dunedin, NZ designed and built and 75% scale replica of a World War I Albatros D.V fighter, build time being in the order of three and a half years.
  • David C. Eyre
  • May 25, 2020
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HAWKEYE
HAWKEYE
The Hawkeye is an ultralight aircraft designed and built by its owner as a one-off aircraft. It was designed as a scale replica of the Piper L-4 observation aircraft and when completed was painted in an overall green colour scheme and markings of a US Army Air Force aircraft in
  • David C. Eyre
  • May 25, 2020
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GOLD COAST GOLD COASTER
GOLD COAST GOLD COASTER
This was an ultralight aircraft built by a number of members of the Gold Coast Ultralight Club at Tallabudgera. At least one example was registered with the RAA on 18 December 1989 as 10-1177 and this aircraft was fitted with a Zenoah G-50 engine.
  • David C. Eyre
  • May 25, 2020
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HARTMANN SHERPA
HARTMANN SHERPA
Little is known about this aircraft but it was designed and built by the late Ole Hartmann and, fitted with a Rotax 503 engine, it became 19-3746 (c/n 1) under RAA regulations.
  • David C. Eyre
  • May 25, 2020
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GIPPSLANDER MK I
GIPPSLANDER MK I
This was an ultralight aircraft known as the Jenner Gippslander Mk 1 and was registered with the RAA on 28 August 1995 and was withdrawn from use on 25 May 2008.
  • David C. Eyre
  • May 25, 2020
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HARRIS SPITFIRE
HARRIS SPITFIRE
This is an amateur designed and built aircraft which resembles a Supermarine Spitfire in looks and is powered by an ultralight engine.
  • David C. Eyre
  • May 25, 2020
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GILL, J H
GILL, J H
John Harley Gill of Dunedin, NZ, designed and built an aircraft in about 1909, work commencing at about that time in the foundry of Schlaadt Bros in Cumberland Street.
  • David C. Eyre
  • May 25, 2020
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HAMILTON BIPLANE
HAMILTON BIPLANE
A Hamilton biplane was flown by Messrs Seaforth and MacKenzie out of a paddock at Martin, NZ in 1913, this being the first flight by a heavier than air machine in the Manawatu area.
  • David C. Eyre
  • May 25, 2020
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GERBER MONOPLANE
GERBER MONOPLANE
This was a light aircraft designed by G A Gerber, the plans of which were released in the magazine Science and Invention in the July 1929 edition.
  • David C. Eyre
  • May 25, 2020
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HALLSTROM & POSTLE
HALLSTROM & POSTLE
Australian philanthropist, Sir Edward Hallstrom, based in Sydney, was well known, amongst other things, for the design, development, production and marketing of the Hallstrom series of refrigerators, which became a by-word for efficiency at the time.
  • David C. Eyre
  • May 25, 2020
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JONES PJ-1
JONES PJ-1
Peter Jones of Tauranga, NZ in 2011 – 12 built a single-seat low-wing monoplane said to be based on a 1950s design from India known as the Monsoon.
  • David C. Eyre
  • May 25, 2020
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HOMEBUILT J-3 CUB REPLICA
HOMEBUILT J-3 CUB REPLICA
Little is known about this aircraft. It is a scaled down Piper J-3 Cub designed and built by the owner and is a single-seater and is painted overall yellow and is powered by a Rotax 277 engine.
  • David C. Eyre
  • May 25, 2020
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JONES, L J R
JONES, L J R
Mr Jones was the lecturer in charge at the East Sydney Technical College when classes were held in the 1930s in relation to aircraft design and construction and he himself was involved in the design and construction of a number of aircraft of his own design, and with the assistance
  • David C. Eyre
  • May 25, 2020
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HOLMSTEDT
HOLMSTEDT
In July 1988 it was announced a Swedish inventor of the World’s first cardboard aircraft “which is also radar-proof and fire-resistant”, was setting up business in Australia.
  • David C. Eyre
  • May 25, 2020
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JONES, A W
JONES, A W
Early in the 20th century Mr A W Jones went to England and obtained his pilot’s licence. On his return in 1913 he imported a Caudron G.II fitted with a 26-kw (35-hp) to 30-kw (40-hp) Anzani engine.
  • David C. Eyre
  • May 25, 2020
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HIGH WING MONOPLANE
HIGH WING MONOPLANE
This was a one-off single-seat parasol wing aircraft painted light blue with dark blue trim which became 10-1887 (c/n 1) under RAA regulations.
  • David C. Eyre
  • May 25, 2020
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JOINER GIPPSLANDER MK 1
JOINER GIPPSLANDER MK 1
This was an ultra-light aircraft which was registered with the RAA as 10-1477 and was registered from 22 September 1995 until 16 January 1999 when it was retired.
  • David C. Eyre
  • May 25, 2020
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JESTER TWO SEATER
JESTER TWO SEATER
Little is known about this ultralight aircraft but one is known to have been involved in an accident near Yeppoon Qld on 6 April 1985.
  • David C. Eyre
  • May 25, 2020
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KRONK FW-190A
KRONK FW-190A
Terrence Kronk over the years, before his tragic loss in an aircraft crash, was involved in the construction of a number of scale replicas of aircraft, and these included a Spitfire Mk 26 , North American P-51 Mustang and a Fw-190A.
  • David C. Eyre
  • May 25, 2020
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JARVIS JOEY
JARVIS JOEY
The Joey was probably one of the first powered gliders in Australasia, and was designed and built in Australia by Keith Jarvis of South Australia and placed in production.
  • David C. Eyre
  • May 25, 2020
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KOSTECV WOODY
KOSTECV WOODY
This aircraft was designed and built by the late Joseph Kostecv and it was powered by a 21-kw (28-hp) Konig four-cylinder radial engine.
  • David C. Eyre
  • May 25, 2020
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INTEGRITY AIRCRAFT INTEGRITY
INTEGRITY AIRCRAFT INTEGRITY
In May 2003 Mr Lance Watson gave evidence to the Australian House of Representatives Transport and Regional Services Committee of a proposal by his Company to develop an aircraft able to serve remote communities at ‘bus fare prices’.
  • David C. Eyre
  • May 25, 2020
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KOSTECV J-2
KOSTECV J-2
This was a further light aircraft designed and built by the late Joseph Kostecv, this being a 75% scale Piper J-2 powered by a Konig engine.
  • David C. Eyre
  • May 25, 2020
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HUMMINGBIRD GYROCOPTER
HUMMINGBIRD GYROCOPTER
The Hummingbird is a high-performance gyrocopter designed and built in Brazil at Joinville, which is between Florianopolis and Curitaba on the south Brazilian coastline.
  • David C. Eyre
  • May 25, 2020
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KOLTA & NEWMAN
KOLTA & NEWMAN
This aircraft was a homebuilt light aircraft built in a terrace house at Redfern in Sydney before World War II. A press report in the Daily Telegraph from April 1910 described it as the “First Australian-Built Aeroplane”.
  • David C. Eyre
  • May 25, 2020
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HORN TH-1
HORN TH-1
The TH1 is a single-seat light aircraft built at Leom, New Zealand, in the 1980s. It was one of the first indigenous-designed light aircraft to be completed in New Zealand and is said to be based on the design of the North American P-51 Mustang.
  • David C. Eyre
  • May 25, 2020
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KNIPE
KNIPE
Following the announcement of Henry Kremer in the United Kingdom inviting interested parties to design and build an aircraft to make the first successful flight of a man powered aircraft.
  • David C. Eyre
  • May 25, 2020
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HORIZONTAL MULTI-WING AIRCRAFT
HORIZONTAL MULTI-WING AIRCRAFT
This aircraft was noted at an air-show at Aero Pelican, Belmont, NSW in September 1964. The machine was unfinished and was said to have been submitted to the Army Inventions Commission in 1943.
  • David C. Eyre
  • May 25, 2020
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KESTREL KERMIT
KESTREL KERMIT
The Kermit was a single-seat ultra-light aircraft designed and built in Australia and made its first flight in 1999. It was fitted with a Rotax 503 engine driving a Sweetapple two-blade propeller.
  • David C. Eyre
  • May 25, 2020
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HOMEBUILT LOCUST
HOMEBUILT LOCUST
Very little is known about this aircraft. It was first registered with Recreation Aviation Australia on 4 December 2008 but nothing further is known about it.
  • David C. Eyre
  • May 25, 2020
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MAYFLY
MAYFLY
This was a light homebuilt aircraft designed and built by Sydney Gordon Gooding DFC. Mr Gooding was born at Clare, SA on 21 September 1915 and learned to fly at AFTS Narrandera on DH-82s.
  • David C. Eyre
  • May 25, 2020
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LAKE MACQUARIE AVIATION HUNTER
LAKE MACQUARIE AVIATION HUNTER
The Hunter is a two-seat ultra-light aircraft available in kit form and powered by a Rotax 912UL four-cylinder four-stroke liquid-and-air-cooled engine.
  • David C. Eyre
  • May 25, 2020
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MAN POWERED HELICOPTER
MAN POWERED HELICOPTER
Little is known about this machine. The machine was designed and built in South Australia and comprised a metal fuselage and the framework of a cycle mounted thereon and a pylon above the cycle seat and a drive to the two-blade helicopter rotor and the two-blade tail rotor.
  • David C. Eyre
  • May 25, 2020
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