The Vans RV-14 and RV-14A series was introduced to the sporting aviation market in 2012 and although similar in appearance to other aircraft in the series, is better described as a two-seat variant of the RV-10 series and is capable of some aerobatics.
The Wave amphibious light two-seat monoplane was introduced to the light aircraft market in June 2014 when the manufacturer, VICkers Aircraft Ltd of Te Rapa, near Hamilton, when the company announced the prototype of its aircraft was nearing completion and testing from an airfield near Hamilton.
In 1978 Mr Dale Kramer designed the Lazair, one of the first twin-engined ultra-lights, and commenced selling kits to amateur builders through Ultra Flight Sales Ltd.
The Cloud Dancer was designed by Messrs Erwin Rodger and Roger Delura as a single-seat self-launched glider for the US market and marketed by UYS Aviation.
The first of the Skydart series of light sporting aircraft was flown in 1984 and since then it has been developed by Ultralight Aviation of Grays Point, NSW, later of Rosemeadow, NSW its designer being Steven Cohen.
The Stolareo was one of a number of ultralight aircraft designed by Stephen Cohen and built by Ultralight Aviation, others including the Condor, Avenger and Avenger II.
The Mirage was designed by Francis Riley and produced in the United States as an ultralight aircraft to meet US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicle regulations and was produced in large numbers.
The Phantom was one of a series of single-engine, single-seat ultralight aircraft designed and developed in a range of models by Phantom Aeronautics of Three Rivers, Michigan and it was made available to the amateur construction market in kit form.
The Super Pelican was designed by Jean Rene Le Page in Quebec, Canada and was a development of the smaller and earlier Le Pelican which was also an ultralight aircraft and was fitted with a half-conversion of a Volkswagen engine reduced from four cylinders to two.
The WT-01 and WT-02 Klassik aircraft, known as the Wild Thing were introduced to the light aircraft market in 1997 by ULBI (Ultr-Leight-Bau International GmbH at Hafurt) in Germany as a two-seat light sporting aircraft, being a strutted, high-wing aircraft, the basic variation in the two models being the installation
The Lambada is one of a series of ultra-light aircraft produced in the Czech Republic by Urbanair at Libchavy, being designed by Pavel Urban, Karel Faltus and Milos Mladek.
Designed by Richard Trickle and Vance Jaqua and first flown in 1991, the KIS is a two-seat all-composite amateur-built aircraft sold in kit form, the name KIS being an abbreviation of “keep it simple”.
The development of the Hawk C3 was commissioned by Clifford Carpenter in February 1934, the aircraft being designed by James Connolly (Secretary of the Royal Aeronautical Society, Sydney Branch) who had previously designed two aircraft, known as the C1 and C2 but which were never built.
Thruster Aircraft, an Australian firm, built light aircraft at Kirrawee, NSW, for many years, later carrying on this work of construction and development of the series at Evans Head on the NSW north coast.
The T-51 is manufactured in kit form by Titan Aircraft of Austinburg, Ohio, as a two-seat 70% scale replica of the North American P-51D Mustang and is aimed at the light sporting market. It can be fitted with a variety of engineers up to 112-kw (150-hp) but is usually fitted
The Tornado is marketed in kit form by Titan Aircraft of Geneva, Oklahoma, in a variety of models. The Tornado I is fitted with a 37-kw (50-hp) Rotax 503 two-cylinder two-stroke engine and has a gross weight of 340 kg (750 lb).
The TL Sting series of light aircraft is manufactured as a type certified ultralight aircraft in the Czech Republic and has been available in Australia in a number of models for some years.
The TL-2000 Sting Carbon is one of a series of light aircraft produced by TL Ultralight Co in the Czech Republic, the company being established in 1990 in Hradec Kralove.
The Viper SD-4 is a two-seat light sporting low-wing monoplane with a fixed tricycle undercarriage designed and produced in Slovakia. Design work commenced in 2004, the prototype flying for the first time on 1 November 2006 and it entered production in 2008.
The TechPro Merlin dates back to 2011 when the first prototype flew, the supply of kits commencing in 2015. Three variants are available, the Merlin 100UL with a tricycle undercarriage or a tailwheel, first flown in April 2012 and aimed at the Federation Aeronautique International microlight class.
The VariEze was designed by Bert Rutan in late 1974. The first aircraft was built over a ten-week period in the spring months of 1975 in the USA, and was first flown on 21 May 1975.
The design for a single-seat, sporting monoplane of all-wood construction, which became known as the Rollason Beta, resulted from a competition conducted by Rollason Aircraft and Engines in the United Kingdom in 1964.
Rotec is an Australian company which is well known for its production of two radial engines for light aircraft, the seven-cylinder R-2800 and the nine-cylinder R-3600, and the production of throttle body fuel injection units and liquid cooled heads for Jabiru engines etc.
The Falcon is a light gyrocopter produced in kit form in the United States and has been produced in two variants, the Falcon single-seater and the Falcon II two seater.
The Schramm Aircraft Company was formed in 1958 by B J Schramm to market both ready-to-fly and pre-fabricated components for a single-seat light sporting helicopters.
The T-62 is a development by K.I.S.S.Aviation of the kit-built Executive 162 helicopter, which is produced by Rotorway International at Chandler in Arizona, to take a turbine engine, a number of examples being completed in the United States.
The UFO series of light aircraft was designed by David Rowe, an engineer, at Scone, NSW. The aircraft commenced with a sketch he made of a circular shaped aircraft.
The Long Ez is a tandem two-seat, high-performance aircraft of canard configuration designed by Elbert Rutan, and is a development of the well-known VariEze, being somewhat larger overall.
The Redwing was designed by John Kenworthy as a light touring biplane, being built by Robinson Aircraft Co Ltd of Stafford Road, Wallington, Surrey, which later in 1931 became Redwing Aircraft Co Ltd.
In 1984 in the United States Gerald Ritz designed an ultra-light aircraft and commenced to supply plans to the amateur-built aircraft market but shortly after, whilst testing the aircraft was killed due, it is said, to a flaw in the aircraft’s design, this being related to the wing suffering aeroelastic
The S-12 Airale was, like all the aircraft in the Rans light aircraft series, designed by Randall Schlitter and introduced to the experimental home-built aircraft market in March 1980, this being a two-seat high-wing monoplane with side-by-side seating and a tricycle undercarriage.