The Lascoter single-engine cabin monoplane was designed by Mr W S Shackleton, a British designer, who visited and was resident in Australia for a period in the 1930s.
The Z-2300 was designed for unlimited class competition aerobatics and is a two-seat development of the single-seat Z-300, which itself was developed from the Rebel 300.
In 1920 Frits Koolhoven returned to The Netherlands from the United Kingdom and became designer for the Nationale Vliegtuigindustie formed in The Hague and commenced designing a series of light aircraft.
This aircraft was an 80-percent scale custom-built replica of a North American P-51K Mustang and was designed and built by Mr Terrence Kronke in Queensland, although the wingspan was built to 72% scale. It is described as a P-51 Scale Mustang and was registered to the builder on 1 December
In 1933 the Kl 31 was introduced to the Klemm range of light aircraft. It was a low-wing cantilever monoplane of typical Klemm construction, the wing having two spruce spars and plywood covering from the nose to the rear spar on both sides of the wing.
The Klemm L-32 series was introduced to the Klemm range of light aircraft in 1933, being a three-seat light touring aircraft designed by Dr Ing Hans Klemm.
Kolb Aircraft in the United States produced a number of ultra-light aircraft designs. These include the Firefly with a 31-kw (42-hp) Rotax 447 engine; Kolbra with a 48-kw (65-hp) Rotax 582 and a STOL variant with a 60-kw (80-hp) Jabiru 2200 engine.
In 1914 the Kalgoorlie Aeroplane Syndicate was formed with the aim of building a two-seat biplane fitted with a 37-kw (50-hp) Gnome rotary engine. Chief constructor of the machine was Mr A E Geere, who served his apprenticeship with VICkers Aircraft Co in the UK. He had obtained pilot’s licence
In 1937 the Japanese Army sought an aircraft manufacturer to provide a design for a high-performance twin-engine light bomber with a crew of four, and Kawasaki Kokuki Kogyo K with a team lead by Takeo Doi, provided a design for a cantilever mid-wing monoplane powered initially by two 709-kw (950-hp)
The Sky-Rider was an ultra-light aircraft designed by Gareth Kimberley in 1978, he at that time being employed by Qantas as a Boeing 747 Captain and had an interest in hang gliding.
In 1959 Bankstown, NSW based Kingsford Smith Aviation Service Pty Ltd set up a company, Austerserve Pty Ltd, to modify and improve Austers imported from the United Kingdom.
The Kingsmith was a further effort by Kingsford Smith Aviation Service of Bankstown, NSW to modernize the Auster series of aircraft, in this case using an Auster J-1 Autocrat for the conversion.
Daniel Denney of Denny Aerocraft over the years has developed a number of light aircraft for recreational use, most able to be fitted with a tailwheel, tricycle undercarriage, and may be fitted with skis or floats.
The Jurca MJ-8 and MJ-80 are amateur-built scale replicas of the World War II Focke Wulf Fw-190 fighter aircraft, the former being to 75% scale and the latter full scale.
The Just Aircraft SuperStol is a development of the company’s Highlander developed for the amateur-built market and it was designed and marketed by Just Aircraft of Walhalla
Photograph: Jodel D-150 Sky Prince VH-LPN (c/n N189) at Wedderburn, NSW in August 2005 (David C Eyre) Country of origin: France Description: Two-seat light sport monoplane Power Plant: One 78 kw (105 hp) Potez 4 E20 four-cylinder in-line air-cooled engine Specifications: Wingspan: 8.15 m (26 ft 9 in) Length: 6.3
Photograph: Jodel DR-1050M Sky King VH-KVC (c/n V67) at Narromine, NSW in September 2012 (David C Eyre) Country of origin: France Description: Three-seat light touring monoplane Power Plant: One 75 kw (100 hp) Continental O-200A four-cylinder horizontally-opposed air-cooled engine Specifications: Wingspan: 8.72 m (28 ft 7½ in) Length: 6.35 m
Photograph: Jodel DR-1051 Sicile Record ZK-JOD (c/n 350) in June 1988 (Keith Morris –NZCIVAIR) Country of origin: France Description: Two-seat light sport monoplane Power Plant: One 78 kw (105 hp) Potez 4 E-20A four-cylinder air-cooled engine Specifications: Wingspan: 8.72 m (28 ft 7½ in) Length: 6.5 m (20 ft 10
Photograph: Replica of the Johnson Brothers Monoplane at Caboolture, QLD after assembly in 2021 (Eleonore Eyre) Country of origin: United States of America Description: Single-seat monoplane Power Plant: One 48 kw (65 hp) Johnson four-cylinder two-cycle VEE engine Specifications: Wingspan: 10.97 m (36 ft) Length: 10.36 m (34 ft) Weight:
The VL-3 Evolution was marketed by Jean-Marie and Jean-Baptiste Guisset who operated a training organisation in Belgium, they taking over the operation of the airfield in 1980.
The Societe des Avions Jodel, formed in 1946, designed and built the single-seat Model D-9 Bebe light monoplane as a cheap, easy-to-build-and-fly aircraft for amateur constructors.
Designed as a two-seat development of the Jodel D-9, the D-11 became the basic model in a series of Jodel two-seat, light aircraft designs for amateur and commercial production.
The D-18 Sovereign was derived from the Jodel D-11 series but it is smaller and lighter all round so that it may be fitted with smaller engines, ie in the 41-kw (55-hp) to 60-kw (80-hp) class.
The D-112 Club series was developed from the D-11 Club series, embodying some major design refinement, in the late 1960s, being the most popular of the Jodel series of light touring and sporting monoplanes in France
The Alpha is one of series of light aircraft produced by HB-Flugtechnik in Austria, the others designs including the Amigo, Cubby, the Dandy, and a two-seat mid-wing high-performance aircraft known as the Tornado which has a pusher engine driving a five-blade propeller and is fitted with a retractable undercarriage.
William Ewart Hart was born on 20 April 1885 at Parramatta, NSW. He was a dentist who had an interest in flight and who contributed much to early aviation in Australia.
The Royal Aero club of Great Britain in 1924 organised a competition amongst the designers of the time to build a light aircraft suitable for weekend pilots.