The Tabloid was one of the outstanding aeroplanes produced in Great Britain before the beginning of World War I and, in the hands of Australian born test pilot Harry Hawker, caused a sensation at Hendon on 29 November 1913 when first demonstrated to the public.

In 1954 Tom Cassutt, an airline pilot in the United States, designed and built a small single-seat racing aircraft known as the Cassutt I for his own use, winning the 1958 National Air Racing Championships.

The S-5 was one of a series of racing aircraft designed by R J Mitchell (designer of the Spitfire) in the 1920s, this aircraft being designed and built for the 1927 Schneider Trophy Race to replace the S-4 which crashed during trials.

In order to meet the requirements of pilots in the Red Bull Races, which are held at various centres around the world each year, including on occasion in Perth, Western Australia, MX Technologies developed a single-seat light-weight variant in 2007 for English pilot Nigel Lamb to be entered in the

The Baby Bullet high-performance racing monoplane was one of a range of light aircraft designed by Edward Heath, including the Heath Parasol.

The Gee Bee series was designed by the Granville brothers (Zantford, Mark, Robert, Edward and Tom) solely for air-racing in the United States, this being very popular in the late 20’s and early 30’s, these races including the Thompson Trophy Race, the Cleveland National Air Races, the Bendix Trophy

The story of the DH.88 Comet series of racing aircraft is well known and has been told many times.