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Incomplete Listing of Type-Certified Aircraft which were designed In Australia

In an attempt to document all the 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!). So far, the list stands at 50 aircraft...

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.
2. This page lists those aircraft which have been type certified, approved for VH- registration or accepted into military service.
3. The list does not cover modifications of overseas designs for local production. In theory this should rule out the Wirraway (a modified version of the North American NA-16-2K for production in Australia), however I am including it, since it is such an iconic Australian aircraft.
5. This is only intended as a list (not a detailed history of each aircraft listed). Follow the links in the right hand column (where available) for more information about the aircraft.


For reference, you can see a current list of type certificates on the Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority website by clicking here.

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 Manufacturer and Model Details More information
AEA Maverick Aeronautical Engineers Australia
Maverick		 First flight: 12/1987
Designer: Graham Swannell
and Geoff Danes
Description: Single seat low wing aerobatic aircraft.		 Aeronautical Engineers Australia website
Aircraft Manufacturing and Supply Co.
AMSCO Sport Monoplane
 First flight: 
Designer: Charles Pratt
Description: Single seat high wing parasol sport aircraft. 1 built.
Austral
Mamba		 First flight: 
Designer: 
Comments: Two seat high wing utility aircraft.

Australian Light Wing
GR-912
 First flight: 
Designer: 
Comments: Two seat high wing sport aircraft.
 Australian Light Wing website

Australian Light Wing
Sport 2000
 First flight: 
Designer: 
Comments: Two seat high wing utility aircraft.		 Australian Light Wing website
Australite
Ultrabat		 First flight: 
Concept: George Markey
Designer: Graham Swanell
Prototype built by: Scott Winton & George Markey
Comments: Single seat low wing aerobatic aircraft.

Australian Aircraft & Engineering Company
B1 Commercial
 First flight: 
Designer: Harry Broadsmith.
Comments: Single engined biplane. Touted as "Australia's first airliner". Powered by a RR Eagle engine.

Australian Aircraft Co.
Cabin Sports		 First flight: 25/01/1931
Designer: Geoffrey Wickner
Description: 2 seat high wing sport plane


 Details of VH-UPW (replica) at Queensland Aviation Museum website
Australian Aircraft Co.
Wico Lion		 First flight: 
Designer: Geoffrey Wickner
Comments: Single seat high wing radial engine powered sport aircraft. 

Australian Aircraft Co.
Wico Wizard		 First flight:
Designer: Geoffrey Wickner
Comments: Low wing aircraft. More details sought.
Brumby Aircraft Australia Brumby LSA Brumby Aircraft Australia
Brumby LSA
 First flight:
Designer:
Description: 2 seat low wing trainer and light sport aircraft
Comments: Developed from the Goair Trainer. LSA = Light Sport Aircraft

 Brumby Aircraft Australia website
Butler ABA-1 Butler
ABA-1		 First flight: 
Designer: Arthur Butler
Comments: Single seat high wing parasol. More details sought.
Butler
BAT-2		 First flight:
Designer: Arthur Butler
Comments: High wing cabin monoplane. Only 1 produced (VH-ARG).
Cockatoo Naval Dockyard
LJW6 Codock		 First flight: 06/03/1934
Designer: Lawrence Wackett
Comments: Twin engined high wing airliner. Design was commissioned by Sir Charles Kingsford Smith. Only 1 produced (VH-URP).
CAC Boomerang Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation
Boomerang (CA-12, 13 & 14)		 First flight: 29/05/1942
Design team:
   Chief design engineer: Fred David
   Boomerang design engineer: Alan Bolton
   Chief draftsman: Ernie Jones
   Flight testing and aerodynamics: Ian Fleming
   Detail aerodynamics: Joe Solvey
   Stressing: Doug Humphries
   Armament: Lionel Stern
   CA-14A powerplant modifications: Colin Bellwood
   Project engineer: Maurie Lodge
Comments: Single seat low wing fighter aircraft. Utilised some Wirraway components.		 1. ADF Serials website entry
2. Elliptical wings article by Gary Sunderland, including the Fred David story
CAC CA-15 Prototype Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation
CA-15		 First flight: 03/1946
Designer: Fred David
Comments: Single seat piston-engined fighter aircraft. Sometimes referred to as the "Kangaroo".
CAC CA-28 Ceres Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation
Ceres (CA-28)		 First flight: 1958
Designer: Ian Ring (Chief Designer) and J.C. Humphries
Comments: Single seat agricultural aircraft. Designed to  use some Wirraway components.
CAC CA-6 Wackett A3-22 on display at Moorabbin Air Museum Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation
Wackett (CA-2 & 6)		 First flight: 19/09/1939
Designer: Lawrence Wackett
Comments: 2 seat advanced training aircraft.
CAC Winjeel Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation
Winjeel (CA-22 & 25)		 First flight: 03/02/1951
Designer: Ian Ring (Chief Designer)
Comments: 2 seat advanced training aircraft. 		 ADF Serials website entry
CAC Wirraway Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation
Wirraway (CA-1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 10A, 16)		 First flight: 27/03/1939
Designer: 
Description: 2 seat low-wing military advanced trainer
Comments: Licensed version of the North American NA-33 trainer for production in Australia.
 ADF Serials website entry
CAC Woomera Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation
Woomera (CA-4 & CA-11)		 First flight: 
Designer: Lawrence Wackett
Description: Prototype twin engined bomber.		 ADF Serials website entry
Corby
Starlet		 First flight: 
Designer: John Corby
Comments: Single seat low wing home-built sport aircraft.
Whitney Boomerang Dean Wilson Aviation
Whitney Boomerang
 First flight: 06/07/2006
Desigher: C. W. "Bill" Whitney
Description: 2 seat side by side tandem wing training aircraft.
Comments:
1. Dean Wilson Aviation website
2. Wikipedia entry
DHA Drover De Havilland Australia
DHA-2 Drover		 First flight: 01/1948
Designer: 
Comments: 3-engined feeder airliner based on the twin engined DH Dove.		 Australian Aviation Museum Bankstown  website
Eagle Aircraft
Eagle 150		 First flight: 23/10/1993
Designer: Graham Swannell
Description: 2 seat side by side tandem wing training aircraft.		 Wikipedia entry
Explorer Aircraft Corporation
Explorer 350		 First flight:
Designer: Graham Swannell
Description: Prototype for an 8-seat utility aircraft. Has since gone into production in the USA.		 Wikipedia entry
Fawcett 120 Fawcett Aviation
Fawcett 120		 First flight: 11/1954
Designer: Luigi Pellarini
Description: Prototype 4 seat high wing training and touring aircraft. Only 1 produced.		 Australian Aviation Museum Bankstown website

Ford
Silver Centenary
 First flight: 01/07/1930
Designer: Selby Ford
Description: Open cockpit 2 seat passenger biplane.
Home-built by Selby Ford in Beverly, Western Australia. Only 1 built (VH-USC).


 1. Wikipedia entry
2. Airways Museum & Civil Aviation Historical Society
3. Photo gallery at Grubby Fingers aircraft illustration website

General Aircraft Company
Genairco
 First flight:
Designer:
Description: Open cockpit 3 seat passenger biplane.		 Wikipedia entry
General Aircraft Company
Cabin version Genairco		 First flight:
Designer:
Description: Enclosed cabin 4 seat passenger biplane.
Gippsland Aviation GA-200 Gippsland Aeronautics
Fatman (GA-200)		 First flight: 1991
Designer: Colin Nicholson (Chief Designer)
Description: 2 place low wing agricultural aircraft.
Gippsland Aeronautics GA-8 Airvan Gippsland Aeronautics
GA8 Airvan		 First flight: 03/03/1995
Designer: Colin Nicholson (Chief Designer)
Description: 8 place single engined high wing utility aircraft.		 Wikipedia entry
Goair Trainer Goair
Goair Trainer		 First flight: 07/1995
Designers: Philip Goard and Mark Redford
Description: 2 place low wing training aircraft.
Comments: The Goair Trainer has been developed into the Brumby (see above)
 Image on 1000 Aircraft Photos
GAF Pika Government Aircraft Factory
Pika		 First flight: 
Designer: 
Description: Single engined low wing experimental research aircraft. Manned prototype for the Jindivik RPV.		 ADF Serials website entry
Government Aircraft Factory
N22 & N24 Nomad		 First flight: 
Designer: 
Description: Twin engined high wing STOL feeder airliner & utility aircraft.		 Wikipedia entry
Jabiru ST-3 Jabiru Aircraft Pty. Ltd.
J120
J160C
J170C
 First flight: 
Designer: 
Description: 2 seat single engine high wing training & aircraft.
 Jabiru company website
Jabiru SP Jabiru Aircraft Pty. Ltd.
UL-D
 First flight: 
Designer: 
Description: 2 seat high wing training and sport aircraft (can be home-built from a kit or factory built).		 Jabiru company website

Jabiru J200

 Jabiru Aircraft Pty. Ltd.
J230D		 First flight:
Designer: 
Description: 2 seat high wing training and sport aircraft (can be home-built from a kit or factory built).		 Jabiru company website

Jabiru J400

 Jabiru Aircraft Pty. Ltd.
J430		 First flight: 16/03/2002 (in 2-seater configuration)
Designer: 
Description: 4 seat high wing training and sport aircraft (home-built from a kit).		 Jabiru company website
Kingsford Smith Aviation Services
KS-1
KS-2 (shown in photo)		 First flight: 28/03/1957
Designer: C.W. (Bill) Smith
Description: Single seat agricultural aircraft (conversion of the Wackett trainer, with hopper replacing front seat). Only 1 produced (VH-AJH).		 1. Wikipedia entry
2. Log of VH-AJH from Queensland Aviation Museum
Kingsford Smith Aviation Services
Cropmaster (KS-3)		 First flight: 29/11/1957
Designer: C.W. (Bill) Smith
Description: Single seat agricultural aircraft (conversion of the Wackett trainer, with hopper replacing rear seat).		 1. Wikipedia entry
2. Log of VH-AJH from Queensland Aviation Museum
Kingsford Smith Aviation Services PL-7 Tanker Kingsford Smith Aviation Services
Tanker (PL7)		 First flight: 20/09/1956
Designer: Luigi Pellarini
Description: Single engined single seat agricultural biplane.
Larkin Aviation Supply Co. (LASCo)
Lascondor		 First flight:
Designer: 
Description: 3 engined 4 place high wing feeder airliner.
Larkin Aviation Supply Co. (LASCo)
Lascoter		 First flight: 
Designer: 
Description: Single engined high wing survey & utility aircraft.		 Wikipedia entry
RAAF Experimental Station Randwick
Widgeon I and II
(Widgeon II shown in photo)
 First flight:
Designer: Lawrence Wackett
Description: Single engined amphibious biplane

RAAF Experimental Station Randwick
Warbler
 First flight:
Designer: Lawrence Wackett
Description: Two-seat single-engined light sport aircraft