Known initially as the Fairey Type Q, the prototype of the Fairey Gannet (VR546) flew for the first time on 19 September 1949, the second prototype (VR557) flying on 6 July 1950.

Over the years Zlin in Czechoslovakia produced a number of training aircraft capable of aerobatics and these have been popular around the world.

The Trener / Trener Master series of light aircraft was designed to meet a specification calling for a standard basic training aircraft that would meet the needs of both military and civil flying schools.

The Gemini was designed in Canada by Christopher Heintz of Zenair Ltd as a twin-engine light sporting aircraft with twin-engine performance and reliability to be made available to interested parties in kit form that was affordable and easy to build.

TheCri Cri was designed and developed by Michael Colomban in France, the prototype, known as the MC-10, being flown for the first time on 19 July 1973 powered by two 136-cc Rowena 6507J single-cylinder two-stroke engines, and was claimed to be the “smallest twin-engine aeroplane flying” and “the only aircraft

The Westland Widgeon, a parasol-wing aircraft with fabric covering and a spruce girder fuselage, was built for the 1924 Lympne Trials in the UK.

In 1961 John O Isaacs of Southampton in the United Kingdom commenced the design of a seven-tenths scale wooden replica of one of Britain’s most famous biplane fighters, the Hawker Fury, which saw service with the RAF in the 1930s.

The Fairchild 24 series of aircraft was introduced in 1931 The prototype, a two-seater, known as the KR Fairchild 24, had been flown early that year, and the first production model, the F24-C8 received its type approval in June 1932

The Model 45 produced by the Fairchild Corporation was known, when first introduced, as The Sedan of the Air and was aimed at meeting a market for a high-speed transport with good capacity, comfort and convenience normally associated with an expensive automobile

The FH-1100 was the first American, light, turbine powered helicopter to be offered on the commercial market