The Cozy was designed by Nathan Puffer in 1980 as a two-seat side-by-side development of the Rutan Long Ez, the first flight of the type taking place on 19 July 1982.

One of the earliest homebuilts, the DW-1 was designed by Messrs Dalrymple and Ward in 1937 as an easy to build and operate light aircraft with good performance.

One of a line of aircraft developed in Canada for the ultra-light / homebuilt market, the CH-750 was introduced to the Zenair range of aircraft in 2010 following the introduction of the sport aircraft category.

One of a new breed of high performance homebuilt aircraft available to the amateur constructor in kit form, the Seawind 2500 was designed by Seawind Industries of Haliburton, Ontario, Canada,the prototype (C-GFNL) flying for the first time on 23 August 1982.

Richard Pearse was one of New Zealands pioneering aviators, designing and building aircraft on his property at Waitohi on the South Island

The prototype Renegade II first flew in May 1985 as a light homebuilt sporting biplane available as a ready assembled aircraft, but with plans and kits being available for home construction.

The Gray Monoplane was designed by William Herbert Gray of Parramatta, NSW, a self taught engineer who, in 1928, designed and commenced construction of his own monoplane.

The Maranda is one of a series of homebuilt designs produced by Falconar Avia Ltd of Edmonton, Alberta, the company’s designs including modern versions of the Mignet Flying Flee, variants developed from and similar to the Jodel D-11 series, and a scale P-51 Mustang

Denney Aircraft Co was formed in 1985 in Boise, Idaho, to build a two-seat ultra-light aircraft, and this received the name Kitfox, being available in kit form, and 21 kits were delivered to constructors during the first year.

James R Bede, the well-known light aircraft designed in the USA, formed Bede Aircraft Inc at Newton, Kansas to undertake the design and production of plans and kits of a variety of aircraft for amateur construction.

The Bede BD-6 is a single-seat scaled-down development of the popular BD-4 series of light amateur built aircraft designed in the United States. Introduced to the range in 1975 the series is built and marketed by Bedecorp of Medina, Ohio and is of all-metal construction and is supplied in kit

The Bakeng Duce was designed by Gerald Bakeng in Everett, Washington State in the United States as a high-performance parasol-wing light homebuilt for amateur builders, construction of the prototype being commenced in October 1969 and it was completed six months later.