Chotia  Cohen  Hill  Ison  Jensen  Kolb  Mauro  Mitchell  Moody  Teman  Wheeler 

John Chotia. Mr. Chotia was the designer of the Weedhopper. As President of Weedhopper of Utah he built and sold many designs which have been the mainstay in the US and oversees ultralight markets.

Steve Cohen. Prolific ultralight/microlight designer from Australia. Designed the Avenger, Condor, Stolaero and Thruster aircraft.

Klaus Hill. Mr. Hill was the designer of the Sailwing glider, the basis for the Twin Boomer and Delight Wing in the 1970s. His designs also included the Honeybee, Weedhopper, Hummer (seen below) and Humbug.

Wayne Ison. Mr. Ison designed and built the original P.D.Q. from which the miniMAX evolved. He is the creator of the ISON Aircraft (originally TEAM) line of aircraft, including the miniMAX, Hi-MAX, and AirBike.

Volmer Jensen. Mr. Jensen, designer of the VJ-22 Sportsman, was involved in hang gliding as early as 1925 and again in the 1970’s. 

Homer E. Kolb. (1931-2009). Prolific designer and builder of the Flyer, Firestar, and Ultrastar (seen below). First to build an airplane which weighed less than pilot.

Larry Mauro. Mr. Mauro started the Ultralight Flying Machine Company. His designs include such pioneering ultralights as the Demoiselle, Solar Riser and Easy Riser (See below).

 

Don Mitchell. Don and Richard worked together at Mitchell Aircraft Corporation from 1977 through 1983. Don passed away in 1991 leaving the designs and manufacturing rights for the Mitchell Wing Models B-10, U-2 and the P-38 to Richard.

John Moody. Mr. Moody is widely recognized  as the "father of ultralight". In a foot launched McCulloch 101 powered Icarus II hang glider (see pic. below) on July 27, 1976, John was the first to demonstrate ultralight aviation at the annual EAA fly-in convention in Oshkosh, WI. 

Robert Teman. The designer of the Monofly (seen below), BiFly and Superfly. These were very hardy ultralights.

Ron Wheeler. Designer of the the world's first commercially produced ultra light (Scout Mk1) that spawned a new Australian industry.