Moyes Microlights

Moyes Microlights Pty Ltd is an Australian aircraft manufacturer 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 in the form of kits for amateur construction and ready-to-fly aircraft.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

Moyes Microlights Pty Ltd
TypePrivately held company
IndustryAerospace
Headquarters
Waverley, New South Wales
,
Australia
ProductsUltralight aircraft
OwnerBill Moyes
Websiteliteflite.com.au
The fleet of Moyes Dragonflies at Forbes, New South Wales, Australia.

For a time in the early 2000s the company was called Bailey-Moyes Microlights Pty Ltd and sometimes Moyes Aviation.[5][6][7][8]

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.[2][9]

An associated company is Moyes Delta Gliders, which builds hang gliders, including the Moyes Litespeed line, in Kurnell, New South Wales.[3][10]

Products

The company's first product was an ultralight aircraft specifically designed for towing hang gliders, the Bailey-Moyes Dragonfly, which remains in production. Another design produced was the Bailey-Moyes Tempest, a single seat ultralight sailplane designed by Bob Bailey and now out of production. Also produced for a time was the Moyes Connie, a single-seat amphibious ultralight Guy Delage design.[1][3][4]

Aircraft on display

The Massey Air Museum, in Massey, Maryland, United States has two Moyes aircraft, a Tempest and a Dragonfly, on display.[11]

Aircraft
Summary of aircraft built by Moyes Microlights
Model name First flight Number built Type
Moyes Connie single seat amphibious ultralight aircraft
Bailey-Moyes Dragonfly 1990 over 100 (2011) two seat hang glider tug
Bailey-Moyes Tempest 12 (2001) single seat ultalight sailplane

References
  1. Cliche, Andre: Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide 8th Edition, page B-73. Cybair Limited Publishing, 2001. ISBN 0-9680628-1-4
  2. LiteFlite Pty Ltd (2006). "About Us - LiteFlite Pty. Ltd". Retrieved 4 February 2011.
  3. 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 1368-485X
  4. Downey, Julia: 1999 Kit Aircraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 15, Number 12, December 1998, page 57. Primedia Publications. ISSN 0891-1851
  5. Downey, Julia: 2001 Kit Aircraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 17, Number 12, December 2000, page 32. Kitplanes Acquisition Company. ISSN 0891-1851
  6. Downey, Julia: 2002 Kit Aircraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 18, Number 12, December 2001, pages 25-26. Kitplanes Acquisition Company. ISSN 0891-1851
  7. Newby-Gonzalez, Tori: 2004 Kit Aircraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 20, Number 12, December 2003, page 67. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851
  8. Downey, Julia: 2005 Kit Aircraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 21, Number 12, December 2004, page 69. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851
  9. Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 64. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
  10. Moyes Delta Gliders (18 November 2014). "Contact Us". Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  11. Massey Air Museum (2011). "Airplanes you can see at the Museum". Archived from the original on 10 March 2015. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
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