Seawind Sales Total Now Stands At 75

Seawind tells ANN that they have added nine additional Seawind 300C aircraft to their order books. These latest contracts bring the total sales of the soon-to-be-certified Seawind 300C to 75 with deliveries expected to begin this fall. The first fully conforming test article will be rolled-out of the factory in St-Jean-sur-Richlieu, Quebec, Canada by the first week of May 2006. The aircraft will then be involved in certification flight testing for the next four to five months with certification expected in September 2006.

"Our estimated delivery dates are now out to December of 2007." stated Bill Poirier, Sales Manager for Seawind, Inc.

"Our customers are from all walks of life with most of them coming from the USA. We have also sold the Seawind 300C for delivery to Lebanon, India, Italy, Greece, Russia, Australia and Finland. We are very encouraged by the interest of our loyal community. We expect many more sales once the aircraft is certified later this year."

The Seawind 300C is an outgrowth of the very successful Seawind 3000 kit plane. Mr Dick Silva (pictured below), the president of both companies, began seeking Part 23 certification on the Seawind in 2003. Certification was expected almost a year ago, but several 'potholes' were encountered similar to most other manufactures' attempts to certify their airplanes. Those potholes have now been circumvented and the Seawind 300C is on-track under the most current schedule.

Mr. Silva stated in the recent 'Seawind Flyer', "We are now scheduled to start flight testing in May 2006. It is very exasperating that we are more than a year behind our original schedule. Even though other well-funded projects are multiple years behind schedule, it is no consolation. Our goal is to provide not only the best airplane that we can, but the best seaplane in the world."

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