Seedwings Europe

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Seedwings Europe
TypePrivately held company
IndustryAerospace
Founded1987
Fatebankruptcy
Headquarters
Schlitters
,
Austria
ProductsHang gliders and harnesses
Websitewww.seedwings.eu

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]

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 , and models, the beginner , the high performance and and the early intermediate level . In the 2000s the company produced the intermediate level Kestrel and Merlin, as well as the competition level topless Vertigo model.[1][4]

Aircraft[]

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
mid-2010s hang glider
mid-2010s hang glider
mid-2010s hang glider
mid-2010s hang glider
mid-2010s hang glider
mid-2010s hang glider

References[]

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ a b "Seedwings". seedwings.eu. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  3. ^ "Internet Archive Wayback Machine". archive.org. Retrieved 2 September 2018. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
  4. ^ "Seedwings Europe: Hang glider". seedwings.eu. Retrieved 2 March 2016.

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