ltd the australian lightwing logo type privately held company industry aerospace automotive manufacturing boat building and general engineering founded mid 1970s headquarters ballina new south wales australia products kit aircraft website www.lightwing.com.au australian lightwing gr532 australian lightwing gr912 sport 2000 australian lightwing gr582 australian lightwing gr912 sport 2000 howard hughes engineering pty ltd is an australian aircraft manufacturer boat and automobile builder and general engineering company based in ballina new south wales . 1 the company specializes in the design and manufacture of light aircraft in the form of kits for amateur construction and ready to fly aircraft for the european f d ration a ronautique internationale microlight and the american light sport aircraft categories . 1 australian lightwing is an aircraft brand of howard hughes engineering . 1 contents 1 history 2 products 3 aircraft 4 references 5 external links history edit the company was formed in the mid 1970s as a boat building and general engineering concern based in west ballina . in 1985 the company expanded into aircraft design as a result of the new ultralight aircraft rules enacted in australia . the first aircraft design the australian lightwing gr532 was first accepted by the civil aviation safety authority on 29 september 1986 . working in welded 4130 steel tubing the company offered an alternative to the aluminium and dacron sailcloth ultralights then being produced . 2 in 1995 the company relocated to the ballina byron gateway airport industrial park . 2 products edit the company has produced a wide range of aircraft including the high wing gr 532 gr 582 gr912 pocket rocket alw sport and tapis the low wing two seat sp 2000 speed four seat sp 4000 speed and the low or high wing sp 6000 . there is also a biplane design the pr bipe and the pr breeze parasol wing . 1 3 4 the sp 2000 has been accepted by the us federal aviation administration as a light sport aircraft . 1 5 the company has also entered electric car design with the three seat hughes engineering road e. 3 other products include a flight simulator the hughes engineering cunning cat 30 ft 9 m sailboat and a cad cam cutting table . the company has also developed computer software including a telephone messaging system and a business costing and payroll program . 6 aircraft edit summary of aircraft built by howard hughes engineering model name first flight number built type australian lightwing gr 532 two seat high wing ultralight aircraft australian lightwing gr 582 two seat high wing light sport aircraft australian lightwing gr 912 two seat high wing light sport aircraft australian lightwing sp 2000 speed two seat low wing light sport aircraft australian lightwing sp 4000 speed four seat low wing kit aircraft australian lightwing sp 6000 six seat high or low wing kit aircraft australian lightwing pocket rocket enclosed cabin single seat high wing aircraft australian lightwing pr bipe open cockpit biplane australian lightwing pr breeze single seat parasol wing kit aircraft australian lightwing tapis two seat high wing kit aircraft australian lightwing alw sport two seat high wing kit aircraft references edit a b c d e bayerl robby ; martin berkemeier ; et al world directory of leisure aviation 2011 12 pages 29 30 . wdla uk lancaster uk 2011 . issn 1368 485x a b howard hughes engineering n.d. . about us . retrieved 15 january 2015 . a b howard hughes engineering n.d. . australian lightwing gallery . retrieved 15 january 2015 . howard hughes engineering n.d. . pocket roket pr . retrieved 15 january 2015 . federal aviation administration 10 september 2014 . slsa make model directory . retrieved 15 january 2015 . howard hughes engineering n.d. . our inventions and the alw range of products . retrieved 15 january 2015 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to australian lightwing . official website v t e australian lightwing aircraft light aircraft sp 4000 speed sp 6000 light sport aircraft alw sport gr 532 gr 582 gr 912 pocket rocket pr bipe pr breeze sp 2000 speed sport 2000 tapis retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title howard hughes engineering & oldid 668398745 categories aircraft manufacturers of australiaultralight aircrafthomebuilt aircrafthidden categories commons category without a link on wikidata 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 24 june 2015 at 01 39 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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