Australian Aircraft Kits 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.
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based in
Taree, New South Wales
Taree is a town on the Mid North Coast, New South Wales, Australia. Taree and nearby Cundletown were settled in 1831 by William Wynter. Since then Taree has grown to a population of 26,381, and is the centre of a significant agricultural distri ...
, that was established in 2003. The company principal is Ole Hartmann.
[Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', pages 29, 93 and 94. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X][Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16'', page 98. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ]
The company specializes in the design and manufacture of
light aircraft in the form of kits for
amateur construction and ready-to-fly aircraft in the
light-sport aircraft
A light-sport aircraft (LSA), or light sport aircraft, is a fairly new category of small, lightweight aircraft that are simple to fly. LSAs tend to be heavier and more sophisticated than ultralight (aka "microlight") aircraft, but LSA restrictio ...
category. The company also does aircraft repair work on homebuilt aircraft.
The company produces four aircraft, the
high-wing
A monoplane is a fixed-wing aircraft configuration with a single mainplane, in contrast to a biplane or other types of multiplanes, which have multiple planes.
A monoplane has inherently the highest efficiency and lowest drag of any wing confi ...
two-seat
Hornet STOL
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,
Hornet Cub and
Bushman, plus the
shoulder-wing
A monoplane is a fixed-wing aircraft configuration with a single mainplane, in contrast to a biplane or other types of multiplanes, which have multiple planes.
A monoplane has inherently the highest efficiency and lowest drag of any wing confi ...
Wasp
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.
The Hornet STOL was named ''Most Innovative Ultralight Design in 2004'' at
Narromine.
Aircraft
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{{Australian Aircraft Kits aircraft
Aircraft manufacturers of Australia
Ultralight aircraft
Homebuilt aircraft