Progressive Aerodyne

{{Short description|American homebuilt aircraft manufacturer}}

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| name = Progressive Aerodyne, Inc

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| type = Privately held company

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| foundation = 1991

| founder = Kerry Richter
Wayne Richter
Paige Lynette

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| location_city = Tavares, Florida

| location_country = United States

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| key_people = CEO: Geoffrey Nicholson{{Cite web|url=https://www.searey.com/about-us/management/|title=Management|author=Progressive Aerodyne, Inc|year=2022|access-date=2 February 2022}}

| industry = Aerospace

| products = Kit aircraft

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Progressive Aerodyne, Inc is an American aircraft manufacturer based in Tavares, Florida. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of amphibious kit aircraft for the amateur-construction market.Vandermeullen, Richard: 2012 Kit Aircraft Buyer's Guide, Kitplanes, Volume 28, Number 12, December 2011, page 66 Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 70. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485XPurdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition, pages 225-226. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. {{ISBN|0-9636409-4-1}}Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 74. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. {{ISSN|1368-485X}}

History

The company was founded in 1991 in Orlando, Florida by Kerry Richter, Wayne Richter and Paige Lynette. The company moved to Tavares, Florida in May 2010. In 2011 Adam Yang became CEO. In 2022 Geoffrey Nicholson was CEO..{{cite web|url = http://www.searey.com/about-us/history|title = History|accessdate = 29 August 2014|last = Progressive Aerodyne|year = 2013|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140903182018/http://www.searey.com/about-us/history|archive-date = 3 September 2014|url-status = dead}}

The company's main product, the SeaRey, was first flown in November 1992.

Aircraft

class="wikitable"
+ Aircraft built by Progressive Aerodyne
Model name

! First flight

! Number built

! Type

SeaRey

|align=center| 1992

|align=center| 480 (2011)

|align=left| two-seat amphibious kit aircraft

Stingray

|align=center| 1990s

|align=center| at least nine

|align=left| single-seat amphibious kit aircraft

References

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