| 词条 | Howard Hughes Engineering | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| name = Howard Hughes Engineering Pty Ltd | logo = Australian Lightwing Logo 2015.png | type = Privately held company | traded_as = | fate = | predecessor = | successor = | foundation = mid-1970s | founder = | defunct = | hq_location = | hq_location_city = Ballina, New South Wales | hq_location_country = Australia | area_served = | key_people = | industry = Aerospace, automotive manufacturing, boat building and general engineering | products = Kit aircraft | services = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | assets = | equity = | owner = | num_employees = | parent = | divisions = | subsid = | homepage = {{URL|lightwing.com.au}} | footnotes = }}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 Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight and the American light-sport aircraft categories.[1] Australian Lightwing is an aircraft brand of Howard Hughes Engineering.[1]HistoryThe 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] ProductsThe 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 {{convert|30|ft|m|0|abbr=on}} 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
References1. ^1 2 3 4 Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, pages 29-30. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X 2. ^1 {{cite web|url = http://www.lightwing.com.au/aboutus.html|title = About Us |accessdate = 15 January 2015|last = Howard Hughes Engineering|date = n.d.}} 3. ^1 {{cite web|url = http://www.lightwing.com.au/gallery.html|title = Australian LightWing Gallery |accessdate = 15 January 2015|last = Howard Hughes Engineering|date = n.d.}} 4. ^{{cite web|url = http://www.lightwing.com.au/singleseat.html|title = Pocket Roket (PR) |accessdate = 15 January 2015|last = Howard Hughes Engineering|date = n.d.}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.faa.gov/aircraft/gen_av/light_sport/media/SLSA_Directory.xls |title=SLSA Make/Model Directory |accessdate=15 January 2015 |last=Federal Aviation Administration |date=10 September 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516004527/http://www.faa.gov/aircraft/gen_av/light_sport/media/SLSA_Directory.xls |archivedate=16 May 2013 |df= }} 6. ^{{cite web|url = http://www.lightwing.com.au/otherproducts.html|title = Our Inventions and the ALW Range of Products |accessdate = 15 January 2015|last = Howard Hughes Engineering|date = n.d.}} External links{{Commons category|Australian LightWing}}
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