The Moyes fleet of Dragonflies at Forbes

Moyes Microlights Pty Ltd is an Australian

aircraft manufacturer An aerospace manufacturer is a company or individual involved in the various aspects of designing, building, testing, selling, and maintaining aircraft, aircraft parts, missiles, rockets, or spacecraft. Aerospace is a high technology industry. ...

that was based in Waverley, New South Wales and founded by hang gliding pioneer Bill Moyes. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of

ultralight aircraft Ultralight aviation (called microlight aviation in some countries) is the flying of lightweight, 1- or 2-seat fixed-wing aircraft. Some countries differentiate between weight-shift control and conventional three-axis control aircraft with ailer ...

in the form of kits for amateur construction and ready-to-fly aircraft.Cliche, Andre: ''Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide'' 8th Edition, page B-73. Cybair Limited Publishing, 2001. Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', pages 47, 58 and 148-149. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster OK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485XDowney, Julia: ''1999 Kit Aircraft Directory'', Kitplanes, Volume 15, Number 12, December 1998, page 57. Primedia Publications. ISSN 0891-1851Downey, Julia: ''2001 Kit Aircraft Directory'', Kitplanes, Volume 17, Number 12, December 2000, page 32. Kitplanes Acquisition Company. ISSN 0891-1851Downey, Julia: ''2002 Kit Aircraft Directory'', Kitplanes, Volume 18, Number 12, December 2001, pages 25-26. Kitplanes Acquisition Company. ISSN 0891-1851Newby-Gonzalez, Tori: ''2004 Kit Aircraft Directory'', Kitplanes, Volume 20, Number 12, December 2003, page 67. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851Downey, Julia: ''2005 Kit Aircraft Directory'', Kitplanes, Volume 21, Number 12, December 2004, page 69. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', page 64. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X For a time in the early 2000s the company was called Bailey-Moyes Microlights Pty Ltd and sometimes Moyes Aviation. In the early 2000s the company was renamed LiteFlite Pty Ltd and moved to Botany, New South Wales to continue production of the Dragonfly. Liteflite continues to be owned by Bill Moyes. An associated company is

Moyes Delta Gliders Moyes Delta Gliders is an Australian aircraft manufacturer based in Kurnell, New South Wales. The company was founded by Bill Moyes in 1967 and specializes in the design and manufacture of hang gliders. The company's designs have won many worl ...

, which builds hang gliders, including the

Moyes Litespeed The Moyes Litespeed is a series of Australian high-wing, single-place, hang gliders, designed and produced by Moyes Delta Gliders of Botany, New South Wales.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003–04'', p ...

line, in

Kurnell, New South Wales Kurnell is a suburb in Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is south of the Sydney central business district, in the Local government in Australia, local government area of the Sutherland Shire along the east coast. Cronulla ...

Products

The company's first product was an ultralight aircraft specifically designed for towing

hang glider Hang gliding is an air sport or recreational activity in which a pilot flies a light, non-motorised foot-launched heavier-than-air aircraft called a hang glider. Most modern hang gliders are made of an aluminium alloy or composite frame covered ...

s, the

Bailey-Moyes Dragonfly The Bailey-Moyes Dragonfly is an Australian-American two-seats-in- tandem, high-wing, strut-braced, open cockpit, conventional landing gear-equipped ultralight aircraft. The aircraft has been in production since 1990 and was designed as a sp ...

, which remains in production. Another design produced was the

Bailey-Moyes Tempest The Bailey-Moyes Tempest, is an Australian-American high-wing, strut-braced, single-seat, microlift glider that was designed by Bob Bailey of Florida, United States and produced by Moyes Microlights of Waverley, New South Wales, Australia.Pur ...

, a single seat ultralight sailplane designed by Bob Bailey and now out of production. Also produced for a time was the

Moyes Connie Moyes is a surname. It may refer to: * Chris Moyes (1949–2006), CEO of British Go-Ahead transport group * Dave Moyes (born 1955), Scottish former footballer * David Moyes (born 1963), Scottish football manager and former player * Rev Gordon Moy ...

, a single-seat amphibious ultralight Guy Delage design.

Aircraft on display

The

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, in

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has two Moyes aircraft, a Tempest and a Dragonfly, on display.

Aircraft

References

External links

* {{Moyes aircraft Aircraft manufacturers of Australia Ultralight aircraft Homebuilt aircraft