SPEED Features
Safety ~ The SPEED is a low wing aircraft (wing area: 12.62 sqm) with a higher wing loading than the GR-912. The aircraft has the same ultra strong welded steel pilot protection frame coated with our latest zinc Epoxy protection system which has a twenty year conditional guarantee.
The Hughes Group of Companies have found over the past twenty years, in Australian Aviation, our welded steel frame offers the best possible protection to our pilots and passengers. Although damage may occur to some aircraft, with over 160 of our aircraft manufactured in Australia, we usually carry out only one major repair approximately every two years.
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The Hughes Group of Companies are here to help you with all your home building requirements, be it parts, advice or information. Feel free to call or email Howie or one of the team during work hours.
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Australian LightWing ~ Mission Statement
APRIL 2010
Australian LightWings goal is to provide sports aviation aircraft that conform to the worlds highest standards in style, performance and safety whilst maintaining customer relations that exceed our existing and future customers expectations.
Style: The Low wing 2 and 4 place SP-2000 and SP-4000 represent the ultimate in stylish, comfortable and ergonomically superior aircraft. These features add up to an aircraft that will retain its resale value, be a pleasure to operate over its lifetime and provide years of safe reliable operation.
Performance: With over 150 aircraft flying throughout Australia and the South Pacific, the LightWing airframe in general and the new SPEED airframe in particular, have earned a reputation for delivering industry standard performance, stall 45 kts for low landing speed, cruise at 100 kts plus, means a useful aircraft that can pay its way in either a commercial or private area of operation.
Safety: In 21 years of manufacturing and with a fleet of close to 200 aircraft, no other manufacturer in the world can match our impeccable safety record.
We attribute our aircrafts safety to a number of factors including superior aerodynamic design, the design of our pilot protection space frame, backup and redundant systems for fuel, electrical and other mission critical attributes and our level of safety is further enhanced by an on-going manufacturing and customer communication system aimed at minimizing the possibility of safety issues becoming critical in the future.
Through a comprehensive and on-going education initiative, Hughes Engineering has played its part in passing on the knowledge and skills of aircraft design, manufacture and operation to those interested students in our region, interstate and overseas.
Ballina High School (NSW) Kent st WA and Moruya High School (NSW) have aviation studies as part of their education curriculum. We also frequently take on foreign exchange students from Europe, the Netherlands and abroad.
Australian LightWing Education Program
We are very passionate about our Education Program, including High Schools, University Degrees and aviation enthusiasts alike.
We aim to bring enthusiastic, motivated and educated people to help develop a positive future for the aeronautical industry by establishing young people with a quality approach to both the
High School Aviation
High Schools with Flying programs! For students fifteen years old and above there is an oppourtunity to get involved with flying Light Ultralights.
Ballina High School owns their own LightWing and recently decided to try expanding themselves and their aircraft by starting an aero club with neighbouring schools.
The first meeting was held at Ballina High School on Thursday the 19th of February 2004, the object of the excersice is to teach kids to fly. Howard Hughes made a presentation and also offered a Junior Flying Scholarship for ten hours of flying to be decided at the next meeting will be links to the aviation webpage.
Ballina High School Built their LightWing GR-912 in 1994.
Joshua Ferry - Commercial Flying School
Peter McCoy - RAAF
Barry Skennar - RAAF
Andrew Colledge - RAAF
Charles Jones - RAAF
Paul Dicker - RAAF
Mathew Lewis - RAAF
David Beard - Virgin Airlines
University Work Experience
University, Tafe and High School Students are welcome to apply to us to complete your work experience with us. Please fill in the form found at the bottom of this page and send it to our company.
Keep in mind that we have 3 weeks off over the Christmas break. Accommodation may be available with one of our business partners or you can arrange your own accom. off site.
Your time with us is subject to the following (and other) conditions:
1.Your university covers you for insurance equivalent to
the Workers compensation system, please provide evidence
of this. Please advise if this covers you for flying in
light and / or ultralight aircraft.
2. We reserve the right to terminate your work experience after 1 week (you
can still get fired) at our discretion and without reason and at any other
time after this we will provide you with a written explanation.
3. Dress is neat and for normal office duties and also light industrial activities
4. We don't like visible body art or body piercing. (we may put up with it
but we dont like it,) if you have a ring through your nose for example, forget
coming here !....Ear rings are ok for girls !!
5. Work is unpaid.
6. Hours are 7.30 to 4 mon - thrs 7.30 to 2. 00 friday.
7. We reserve the right to refuse your application without reason.
8. While with us.. please arrange your own method of sending and receiving
Email, we do not permit the use of our office Emai by Students under any circumstances
at all.
Australian LightWing University Work Experience Form _ (.htm)
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