Seedwings Europe

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Seedwings Europe
Type Privately held company
Industry Aerospace
Founded1987
Fatebankruptcy
Headquarters,
Products Hang gliders and harnesses
Website www.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]

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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

Seedwings Europe Space Seedwings space hangglider.JPG
Seedwings Europe Space
Summary of aircraft built by Seedwings Europe
Model nameFirst flightNumber builtType
Seedwings Europe Kestrel mid-2000s hang glider
Seedwings Europe Merlin mid-2000shang glider
Seedwings Europe Vertigo mid-2000shang glider
Seedwings Europe Funky mid-2010shang glider
Seedwings Europe Space mid-2010shang glider
Seedwings Europe Skyrunner XR mid-2010shang glider
Seedwings Europe Skyrunner XRS mid-2010shang glider
Seedwings Europe Crossover XC mid-2010shang glider
Seedwings Europe Crossover XCS mid-2010shang glider

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Seedwings". seedwings.eu. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  3. "Seedwings". Internet Archive Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
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