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Incomplete Listing of Home-built & Ultralight Aircraft which were designed In Australia

In an attempt to document all the home-built and ultralight aircraft which were designed in Australia, I present the following incomplete list (incomplete, because I'm sure I have not covered all the bases, and plenty of folks will have more information than me - which I will gladly add to the list!).

First, some definitions of what this list is intended to cover:

1. The aircraft must have been designed in Australia, built in Australia, and flown successfully. This is not an attempt to list design projects or prototypes that did not fly.
2. This is only intended as a list (not a detailed history of each aircraft listed). Some of the images are linked to websites where you can obtain more information about the aircraft.
3. Australian Civil Aviation Orders regulate 5 categories of "ultralight" aircraft, briefly summarised as follows:
   · CAO 95.10 - Single place experimental aircraft under 300kg TOW
   · CAO 95.55 - Single engined amateur or factory built aircraft (several different sub-categories)
   · CAO 95.32 - Single and 2 place weight shift aircraft or powered parachutes
   · CAO 101.28 1-4 place amateur built recreational aircraft up to 544kg TOW
   · CAO 101.55 - Type certificated 1-4 place factory built recreational aircraft up to 544kg TOW
This list covers aircraft from all these categories, as well as historical "ultralight" aircraft, which were designed and built before these regulations came into force (the Duigan aircraft or Clancy Skybaby are good examples).

Image	Manufacturer/Designer and Model	Details	Free Flight Plans or Kits?
	Andiel Messerschmitt Bf-109 80% replica	First flight: Designer: Willy Andiel Description: Single seat low ultralight WWII fighter replica	N/A
	Australian LightWing LightWing GR-912	First flight: Designer: Description: Single seat high wing ultralight	N/A
	Australian LightWing Pocket Rocket	First flight: Designer: Description: Single seat high wing ultralight	N/A
	Australian LightWing PR Bipe	First flight: Designer: Description: Single seat high wing ultralight	N/A
	Australian LightWing Speed	First flight: Designer: Description: Two or four seat low wing ultralight	N/A
	Australian LightWing Sport 2000	First flight: Designer: Description: Single seat high wing ultralight	N/A
	Clancy Skybaby	First flight:  Designer: Bill Clancy Description: Single seat parasol wing ultralight	FF Plan: Willis 3-view: Unknown
	Conroy Sparrow XC	First flight: 29/03/2001 Designer: Chris Conroy Description: Two seat high wing ultralight	N/A
	Kimberley Sky Rider	First flight:  Designer: Gareth Kimberley Description: Single seat high wing ultralight	3-view: Unknown
	Duigan 1910 Pusher	First flight: 07/10/1910 Designer: John Duigan Comments: Single seat biplane.	3-view: Rogers
	Duigan 1913 Tractor	First Flight: 02/1913 Designer: John Duigan Description: 2 seat biplane.	N/A
	Homebuilt Aviation Typhoon	First flight: 10/04/2003 Designer: Willy Andiel Description: Two seat low wing ultralight	N/A
	Jabiru Aircraft Pty. Ltd. ST-3, SP & UL	First flight:  Designer:  Description: 2 seat high wing training and sport aircraft (can be home-built from a kit or factory built).	3-view: ST-3 (Jabiru Aircraft) SP (Jabiru Aircraft)   UL (Jabiru Aircraft)
	Jabiru Aircraft Pty. Ltd. J200 & J400	First flight: 16/03/2002 Designer:  Description: 2 or 4 seat high wing training and sport aircraft (can be home-built from a kit or factory built).	3-view: J400 (Jabiru Aircraft)
	David Rowe UFO (Useless Flying Object)	First flight: Designer: David Rowe Description: Single seat circular plan-form 95.10 ultralight	N/A
	Young Australia	First flight: Designer:  Description: 2 seat parasol wing sport aircraft.	N/A
	Wheeler Scout	First flight: Designer: Ron Wheeler Description: Single seat high wing ultralight	N/A
	Winton Grasshopper	First flight: Designer: Colin Winton Description: Single seat low wing ultralight	N/A
	Winton Facet Opal	First flight: Designer: Scott Winton Description: Single seat tailless ultralight	N/A
	Winton Sapphire	First flight: Designer: Scott Winton Description: Single seat high wing pusher ultralight	N/A

Your contributions, corrections & comments to help me complete this list are most welcome... send me an e-mail