Seedwings Europe

Seedwings Europe
Privately held company
Industry Aerospace
Founded 1987
Headquarters Schlitters, Austria
Products Hang gliders and harnesses
Website www.seedwings.eu

Seedwings Europe (formally Seedwings Airsports GmbH) is an Austrian aircraft manufacturer based in Schlitters and founded in 1987. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of hang gliders in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft as well as hang glider harnesses.[1][2]

The company is a Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (GmbH), a limited liability company.[2]

Seedwings Europe produces 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][3]

Aircraft

Seedwings Europe Space
 Summary of aircraft built by Seedwings Europe
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

  1. 1 2 Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04, page 47. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X
  2. 1 2 "Seedwings". seedwings.eu. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "Seedwings Europe: Hang glider". seedwings.eu. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
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