Seedwings Europe (formally Seedwings Airsports GmbH) was an Austrian aircraft manufacturer based in Schlitters and founded in 1987. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of hang gliders in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft as well as hang glider harnesses.[1][2]
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| Company type | Privately held company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Aerospace |
| Founded | 1987 |
| Fate | bankruptcy |
| Headquarters | , |
| Products | Hang gliders and harnesses |
| Website | www |
The company was organized as a Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (GmbH), a limited liability company.[2]
By October 2017 the company's website domain was up for sale and the company seems to gone out of business.[3]
Seedwings Europe produced a wide range of hang gliders, including the intermediate Crossover XC, and Crossover XCS models, the beginner Funky, the high performance Skyrunner XR and Skyrunner XRS and the early intermediate level Space. In the 2000s the company produced the intermediate level Kestrel and Merlin, as well as the competition level topless Vertigo model.[1][4]
Aircraft
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| Model name | First flight | Number built | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seedwings Europe Kestrel | mid-2000s | hang glider | |
| Seedwings Europe Merlin | mid-2000s | hang glider | |
| Seedwings Europe Vertigo | mid-2000s | hang glider | |
| Seedwings Europe Funky | mid-2010s | hang glider | |
| Seedwings Europe Space | mid-2010s | hang glider | |
| Seedwings Europe Skyrunner XR | mid-2010s | hang glider | |
| Seedwings Europe Skyrunner XRS | mid-2010s | hang glider | |
| Seedwings Europe Crossover XC | mid-2010s | hang glider | |
| Seedwings Europe Crossover XCS | mid-2010s | hang glider |
References
edit- ^ a b Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04, page 47. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X
- ^ a b "Seedwings". seedwings.eu. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
- ^ "Seedwings". Internet Archive Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
- ^ "Seedwings Europe: Hang glider". seedwings.eu. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
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