Australian Autogiro was founded by Edward Minty of Turramurra, NSW and he built a series of gyrocopters which were supplied to purchasers in either kit form or as a complete aircraft.

The Lightwing GR-LSA is a development of the Hughes Lightwing series and is a two-seat, side-by-side, light sporting high-wing monoplane constructed of 6061T6 high tensile aluminium airframe, the underside of the outboard wing panels being covered with Ceconite, and the control surfaces are fabric covered.

Australian Lightwing is based at Ballina, NSW and was set up to build ultralight and light aircraft for the Australian market, originally known as Hughes Aircraft, part of the Hughes Group, being operated by Howard and Nicholas Hughes.

The Amax Eagle was produced by Amax Engineering of Donvale Victoria and was made available to amateur builders in kit form in the 1990s. It was produced in two basic models, a single-seater known as the Eagle and a two-seater known as the Double Eagle.