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General Engineering – Signage Welding
Hughes Engineering is available for General Engineering work. ________________ We regularly manufacture the base Signage for our Neighbouring Company LJ Signs, and then they work their expert magic on the signage for finished product. This Month we have completed...
General Engineering – Live Bait Tank
Hughes Engineering is available for General Engineering work. ________________ Check out this Live Bait / Tank Cutting Board This will also feature Rod holders on the side. This has been custom fitted for a 15 Foot Sea Farer V-SEA...
General Engineering Services: Paragliding
Hughes Engineering is available for General Engineering work. __________________ We regularly carry out Engineering projects for the local Paragliding and Para Motoring Community. Here is a project for a local company Poliglide, Where we welded on stainless...
Editorial in the Sport Pilot Magazine July 2017
Sport Pilot Magazine Editorial: Hughes Engineering JULY 2017 News Update We have a range of Australian LightWing aircraft available for immediate sale on the showroom floor and we are offering exceptional deals on these single, two seat and KIT aircrafts as we simply...
The White SP2000 Australian LightWing
SP2000 Photoshoot It's a perfect day for a photoshoot so we took the White SP2000 Australian LightWing aircraft down for a shoot on the Taxi Way at Beautiful balling Byron Gateway Airport. Check out this gorgeous aircraft we have available for immediate sale. View her...
The First Certified Australian LightWing
The first certified Australian LightWing has had a colourful history flying the Australian skies, and is still going strong. It was manufactured in 1986, with completion on the 14th of October. The first pictures we have of her are these stunning snapshots of life at...
Townsville Flying!
A beautiful day for flying up in Townsville, QLD. This is aircraft#089. Thanks for sharing!
Lessons learnt from accidents I have had whilst learning to fly
Having had the interesting experience of teaching myself to fly in the 70’s and 80’s, with a little assistance from Wayne Fisher, and our local Ballina aviator, Gary Faulks in his Auster, I experienced most of the pitfalls a student pilot could only first hand...
Feature Flying School: Flying in Tasmania with Peter Reed
Learn to fly in Tasmania with C.F.I Peter Reed. Skyflyte Aviation provides a great service with their flight training school in Wynyard (160kms north-west of Launceston in Tasmania). The company also provides services such as aircraft maintenance, aircraft sales as...
The Australian LightWing GR LSA
Shown below, a drawing of the wing section of the SP-2000. We will use the same section on the Tapas high wing. Why have we included this drawing ? I hear you ask. Simple: Out of the thousands of drawings (service manual drawings, manufacturing, parts manual etc.)...
Passion for Poetry
When our CEO, Howie, isn't running around thinking about, doing and making a million things, you might just find him in his office letting his mind wander for a moment to other things he's passionate about Australian Bush Poetry. Check out this youtube, on our...
The Road-e Electric Vehicle will Fly!
A picture of things to come: The Road-e that will fly. Adventurous, we know, but, we're an aircraft manufacturing company - how could this not be one of our goals? For more info, check out www.road-e.com.au
Be a part of the Design Team for the Road-E
Help design the Road-E! Simply take this very short survey and tell us what you think! We would love to know! Head to the Survey HERE!
Electric Vehicle designed by leading Australian Aircraft Manufacturer
We believe we are the only company to be seriously designing and developing a light electric vehicle in Australia. Whilst there are a number of designs around the world, we believe Hughes Engineering to not only be the sole Australian company actively pursuing this...
The Road-E @ The Newcastle Electric Vehicle Fest (Australia)
The Road-E took a trip to the Electric Vehicle Festival in Newcastle in New South Wales, Australia in October 2012. We received great reviews and met many energised and passionate electric car enthusiasts. Thank you to everyone you came and said hello! [gallery...
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