The Rebel 300 is the predecessor of the American-built Lazer Z-300 aerobatic aircraft, being a single-seater designed for high-performance unlimited aerobatics competition.
Rand Robinson Engineering Inc of Huntington Beach, California, was formed in the United States in 1974 to market plans for the KR-1 single-seat, and KR-2 two-seat series of amateur constructed aircraft.
The PT-2 is one of a series of light aircraft produced by Rag Wing Plans Service of Craytonville Airfield, Honea Path, South Carolina, aimed at the ultra-light market.
The Ragabond is a scale single-seat replica of the popular Piper Vagabond produced in the 1950s and is produced by RagWing Plans Service of Craytonville Airfield, South Carolina.
Rand Robinson Engineering Inc of Huntington Beach, California, was formed in the United States in 1974 to market plans for the KR-1 single-seat, and KR-2 two-seat series of amateur constructed aircraft.
Designed by Edward J Swearingen of San Antonio, Texas, the SX-300, when it was released, was described as the ultimate kit-built aircraft, being the fastest, the most expensive and the most complex to build.
The Stits SA-5A of early 1955 was the first of the Flut-R-Bug series, this being a single-engine single-seat sporting aircraft designed around a converted Volkswagen four-cylinder powerplant.
The first aircraft in the Skycoupe series, the SA-7, was not originally planned for production, but interest in the aircraft forced the designer, Ray Stits, to revise his plans.
The Model 105, also known initially as the HW-75, was introduced to the range of aircraft produced by the Stinson Aircraft Division of the Aviation Manufacturing Corporation in April 1939.
The Sabre is designed and built in the Slovenia by SOVA and is available as a factory built machine, and can be registered under ultralight rules or in the general aviation category.
In 1957 Mr Tony Spezio commenced design of a two-seat light sporting aircraft that reminded him of some of the racing aircraft that were seen around the airshow circuit in the United States in the 1930s, particularly the Howard Ike.
The Ultrabat was conceived by George Markey in Sydney, designed by Graham Swannell and built by Scott Winton and George Markey as a high performance sporting aircraft.
The Panther was designed by Daniel Weseman of Florida, US, a pilot and machinist who was involved in making conversions of the General Motors Corvair six-cylinder engine for installation in light aircraft.
This series of agricultural aircraft has received a number of appellations over the years, being known as the Snow Commander, Ayres, Marsh, Thrush, Aero Commander Ag Commander and the Rockwell Thrush Commander.
The TB-20 Trinidad was designed by Socata, a subsidiary of Aerospatiale, as a natural up-market development of the popular TB-10 Tobago but fitted with a retractable undercarriage, a 187-kw (250-hp) engine, and an increased fuel capacity.
The T-67 Firefly series was a development by Slingsby Aviation of the Fournier RF-6B two-seat aerobatic club trainer designed in the early 1970s and built with a steel-tube fuselage with fabric covering, and a wood with fabric covered wing.
The HH-1 Hawker Hurricane was designed by Fred G Sindlinger in Washington as a ⅝-scale replica of the famous Battle of Britain fighter of World War II, being aimed at representing a scale version of the Hurricane IIc.
Designed by Stelio Frati, and built by a company known as Aviamilano in Italy, the prototype of this high-performance cabin monoplane was flown for the first time on 15 July 1964.
The Twin Pioneer was a twin-engine, light, general purpose transport monoplane designed for both civil and military applications, although the majority of those built were operated by the Royal Air Force and the Malayan Air Force.
Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873-1932) was a wealthy Brazilian living in Paris, France and he played an important part in promoting the design and construction of airships for some years from 1898, and was one of the first ‘Aeronauts’ to build and fly an airship in controlled and sustained flight.
The Venture, and its co-produced Spirit, are light sporting aircraft produced in kit form by Questair Inc, which was formed by Edward MacDonough in the United States, the Venture being designed by James Griswold, an engineer with Piper Aircraft
The Sassy is marketed by Protech Aircraft Inc in Houston, Texas, and is a simple-to-build two-seat side-by-side amateur built aircraft with STOL performance.
The PZL-102 Kos (Blackbird) was designed and developed by Polskie Zakladey Lotnicze (PZL), the prototype powered by a 48-kw (65-hp) Narkiewicz four-cylinder horizontally-opposed air-cooled engine flying for the first time on 21 May 1958.
In 1939 Porterfield Aircraft Corp in Kansas City introduced a new range of light two-seat in tandem cabin monoplanes which were a development of the earlier Model 35 series.
The Sparviero (Sparrow Hawk) is an Italian designed two-seat light sporting monoplane of all composite construction built as a complete aircraft by Pro Mecc Srl of Corigliano d’Otranto, Italy.
The J-5 Cruiser was a logical development of the earlier and very popular J-3 and J-4 series, designed to provide accommodation for three persons in lieu of two, this being achieved by a modest expansion of the fuselage width
The Piper Aircraft Corp in 1947 re-organised its operating procedures and worked towards introducing a new model, the two-seat side-by-side PA-15 Vagabond powered by a 48-kw (65-hp) Lycoming O-145 engine.
The Piper Colt was designed by the Piper Aircraft Corporation as a cheap ‘everymans aeroplane’ to sell in the United States for below $5,000 in the early 1960s.
Following the success of the earlier models of the Comanche, Piper moved on to build what it described in advertising as the ultimate light aircraft: ..this new Piper Comanche 400 is a pretty meaningful airplane