David Cecil Cross of Chatton, NZ, 24 years of age, described as a “technological experimenter” in 1933 built a small monoplane of his own design on a farm at Chatton, north of Gore, NZ. He was one of seven children.

The Cadi, as it was initially known, was a light aircraft designed in about 1994 in Canada by Jean Eudes Polvin. In 1998 a company, Canadian Light Aircraft Sales & Service (CLASS) was formed in Quebec and obtained manufacturing rights to the aircraft, the name being changed to BushCaddy.

The Libellula was designed by Mr Yager of Lewisham, NSW, being a light twin-engine touring aircraft for amateur construction with plans to be made available to builders.

Ernest J Strumey was born in 1890 in Singleton, NSW, In about 1912 he designed and built a pedal powered aircraft as part of his interest in aviation but this was not particularly successful.

The Sonex is a light two-seat monoplane designed by John Monnett, designer of the Monnett Sonerai, Moni, and others, and was introduced in 1998.

The Osprey was designed as a light two-seat amphibian for the amateur constructor, to be operated from smooth, enclosed areas of water and not from the open sea, for which most amphibian are designed.

In 1970 Mr John T Monnett began construction of a single-seat Formula V racing aircraft to enter in the USA Air Race circuit in that class of racing.

The Heath Parasol was designed in 1925 in Chicago, USA, by Edward B Heath as an ultra-light aircraft suitable for amateur construction.

Fisher Flying Productions of Edgeley, North Dakota, has for some years produced a range of light kit aircraft for the amateur constructor, and quite a few examples of the series have been built in Australia and New Zealand

Fisher Flying Products of Edgeley, North Dakota for some years has produced a range of light kit planes for amateur construction in the ultra-light category, and many examples of the series have been built and flown in Australia and New Zealand

The Avid Flyer was produced in kit form by Avid Aircraft Inc of Caldwell, Idaho, in kit form for amateur constructors, being available in the homebuilt or ultra-light category.

The EA-1 Kingfisher was designed by Earl Anderson, a Boeing 747 airline captain, in the USA. The fuselage was constructed of wood, covered with plywood and coated with fibreglass.

In the early 1980s a company known as Aero Composite of Bankstown, NSW announced through the magazine Airsport that it was proposing to build a “home-built: aircraft, the object being to produce the basic aircraft components as a kit of parts such that amateur builders could produce a high performance

The Spacewalker II (also known as the Revolution II) is produced by Warner Aerocraft Company in Seminole in Florida in kit form for amateur construction.