privately held company industry aerospace founded 1967 founder bill moyes headquarters kurnell new south wales australia products hang gliders website www.moyes.com.au 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 world national and regional championships . 1 2 one of the oldest hang glider manufacturers in the world the company s litespeed line monopolized world competition throughout the 2000s . 1 an affiliated company moyes microlights builds the moyes dragonfly hang glider tug and at one time built the moyes tempest microlight sailplane . 1 3 4 5 6 contents 1 history 2 aircraft 3 references 4 external links history edit founded in 1967 by bill moyes a pioneer hang glider pilot the company started building moyes own glider designs for towing behind boats initially . moyes turned to mountain foot launching in 1968 at mount crackenback in the australian alps and glider designs developed accordingly . in early competition moyes won many titles and awards . he retired from competition in 1974 to concentrate on glider design and production while his son steve moyes took up competition flying for the moyes brand . 7 in november 2014 the company moved from its longstanding location in botany new south wales to kurnell new south wales . 2 aircraft edit summary of aircraft built by moyes delta gliders model name first flight number built type moyes cxs hang glider moyes gtr hang glider moyes litespeed hang glider moyes litesport hang glider moyes malibu hang glider moyes max hang glider moyes mega hang glider moyes mission hang glider moyes sonic hang glider moyes ventura hang glider moyes x2 hang glider moyes xl hang glider moyes xs hang glider moyes xt hang glider moyes xtralite hang glider references edit a b c bertrand noel ; rene coulon ; et al world directory of leisure aviation 2003 04 pages 47 and 58 . pagefast ltd lancaster uk 2003 . issn 1368 485x a b moyes delta gliders 18 november 2014 . contact us . retrieved 4 march 2015 . purdy don aerocrafter homebuilt aircraft sourcebook page 311 . bai communications . isbn 0 9636409 4 1 downey julia 1999 kit aircraft directory kitplanes volume 15 number 12 december 1998 page 57 . primedia publications . issn 0891 1851 downey julia 2001 kit aircraft directory kitplanes volume 17 number 12 december 2000 page 32 . kitplanes acquisition company . issn 0891 1851 downey julia 2002 kit aircraft directory kitplanes volume 18 number 12 december 2001 page 25 . kitplanes acquisition company . issn 0891 1851 moyes delta gliders 2015 . about us . retrieved 10 february 2015 . external links edit official website v t e moyes delta gliders aircraft hang gliders cxs gtr litespeed litesport malibu max mega mission sonic ventura x2 xl xs xt xtralite retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title moyes delta gliders & oldid 668350915 categories aircraft manufacturers of australiahang gliders navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 23 june 2015 at 20 39 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view