For years the four-seat, single-engine fixed-pitch propeller aircraft market was dominated by Cessna and Piper but in later years new designs have been placed on the market and one of these designs has come from Italian manufacturer, Tecnam.

The Cessna 182 Katmai Super STOL is a development of the Wren 460 (which see) which itself was developed in the 1960s and was a conversion of the basic Cessna 182 series to achieve outstanding short field performance.

The Foxbat was one of a number of designs by William Armour which for some years was produced by Manta Products Inc of Oakland California.

The Jabiru J230 series is the culmination of the series fitted with a six-cylinder Jabiru engine and aimed at the registered general aviation market.

One of a range of light aircraft produced by Jabiru at its facility at Bundaberg, QLD, the J-430 series is larger than previous models and was designed to seat either two or four and operate as a touring aircraft for the buyer.

Like its predecessor, the DHC-2 Beaver, the Otter was developed in Canada to operate in undeveloped areas such as those in northern Canada.

Aero Kros is a Polish company producing light aircraft for the European market and this machine was designed to comply with Federation Aeronautique Internationale microlight regulations and US light sport aircraft regulations.