First flew in November 1995 the APM-20-1 Lionceau two-seat light aircraft suited to training and many other roles.
Manufacturer
Avicopter
Avicopter, owned jointly by the Tianjin city government and Avic, also encompasses long-established Chinese helicopter plants such as Harbin Aircraft and Changhe Aircraft, in Jingdezehn, and a new base at Tianjin. Tianjin is the builder of the AC313.
Aviation Products
1998:
Am Flugplatz 6c
D-67547 Worms
Germany
Trike builder
Automedia sro
Has developed the JK-1 twin-boom single-seat ultralight.
Autogyro Design Bureau
First flew Pelegrim light autogiro prototype in 1991, followed by two-seat Boomerang (lost in accident 1994). Ariel-211 two-seater followed, developed into latest Ariel- 212 two-seater (first flown June 1997).
Autogyro Corp. of America
Licensed in 1930 by Cierva Autogiro Co of UK, the US company itself arranged sub-licences to Pitcairn and Kellett. For three years experimented with own AC-35 Autogiro, a roadable cabin type, delivered to Experimental Development Section of Bureau of Air Commerce in 1937. The folding rotor blades had direct control. (“Autogiro” is spelled with an ” i ” if it is an aircraft of Cierva origin.)
Austro Engine GmbH
Austro Engine is an Austrian manufacturer of aircraft engines based at Wiener Neustadt in Lower Austria. Founded in 2007, in 2008 the operating income was EUR 500.000 (2008) and there were 70 employees.
The production site and headquarters was built in 2007 with an investment of EUR 13 Million. The company was founded by Diamond Aircraft Industries and partners. The products are reciprocating engines and Wankel engines. The Wankel aero-engines are developed from the MidWest AE series engines developed at Staverton by MidWest, a UK firm that was bought by Diamond.
It was in 2017 that China-based Wanfeng Aviation Industry acquired full ownership of the Austria-based Diamond Aircraft Group. Wanfeng’s acquisition also included Diamond’s sister company and diesel aerospace engine maker Austro Engine.
Australian Aviation Works
Offers the single-seat Aerolite 1+1 cabin monoplane in plans or kit forms, plans for the single-seat Aeromax 1700 Sport, plans for the Karatoo C Model two-seat cabin monoplane, and plans for the Spacewalker single-seat open monoplane.
1995-6: 5 Utrecht Court, Donvale, Australia 3111.
Australian Aircraft Industries / AAI
In 1994 replaced Aviation Industries of Australia Pty as the last producer of the Melborne Aircraft Corp AA-2 Mamba.
Australian Aircraft & Engineering Co / AA&E
Australian Aircraft & Engineering Co. Ltd. was formed in 1919 by N.B. Love, W.J. Warneford and H.E. Broadsmith. The company was registered in Sydney on 1 October 1919 with capital of £50,000 with the intention of manufacturing aircraft in Australia.
The company began flying operations at Mascot, New South Wales on 9 January 1920 following the delivery of 20 Avro 504K aircraft on the ship S.S. Commonwealth.
They fitted a Sunbeam Dyak engine to the first QANTAS Airways Ltd aircraft to replace the original Gnome rotary engine.
Built six Avro 504Ks for the Royal Australian Air Force, as agent for A. V. Roe; Austin Whippet single-seat biplane (33.5 kW; 45 hp Anzani engine) & Co. Also built, to designs of H. E. Broadsmith, a six seat commercial biplane. The Broadsmith-designed Broadsmith B.1 (as AA & E Commercial B1). This aircraft was taken over by the Commonwealth Government, but lack of further support caused the firm to go into voluntary liquidation.