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AUSTRALIA

Initially producer of 2-stroke engines and lawnmowers; Aviation Division established September 1959 to manufacture Airtourer, two-seat aerobatic lightplane designed by Henry Millicer, chief aerodynamicist of Government Aircraft Factories (q.v.). Prototype built by Air Tourer group of Australian Ultra Light Aircraft Association and first flew March 1959; production deliveries began mid-1962. Also that year produced prototype Victa 67A two-seat autogyro. Aviation Division closed 2 January 1967; manufacturing rights in Air tourer and later Aircruiser obtained by Aero Engine Services Ltd (q.v.) of New Zealand. Back to the letter V

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