Seawind / Turbine Indistries

What about North Americas first jet airliner the AVRO CL 102 built in Aug 1949

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The Seawind prototype is currently undergoing certification flight testing at the Flight Research Laboratory of the National Research Council in Ottawa.

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Canadian Talent in Aviation, like many endevors, sometimes needs to cross borders for the larger markets in a global industry. Avro was started as a subsidiary of a British company, but they became stand alone and took over war production facilities of several companies at the dawn of the jet age. (What might have been, damn all meddling politicians) De Havilland too was British and only became an independent company after the war. Eventually they were bought out by Boeing for their STOL patents. Bombardier on the other hand has stayed in Canada and bought up its competitors in other countries.

What makes a company / an aircraft Canadian? In music, in order to be considered Canadian Content, a song must meet the MAPL standard. At least two criteria must be met. M. The music must be written by a Canadian, A. The artist must be a Canadian, P. it must be performed, (recorded) in Canada, and L, the lyrics must be written by a Canadian.

For an aircraft, perhaps we could come up with something similar. Designed by a Canadian, Manufactured in Canada, by a corporation based in Canada, with 51% of its components manufactured in Canada.

The problem is now a days I don't think even Boeing would qualify as an American company by such rules. Even cars are being put together from parts sourced in dozens of countries. Designs are coming out of CAD systems with the finger prints of hundreds of people around the world all over them.

It has been said the American Apollo program could never have met Kennedy's deadline without the influx of engineers post Arrow. The US did not have enough skilled hands to get it done in time. Without the Germans smuggled into the US after the war they wouldn't have been close enough to even think about it by '61.

In short, nationalism in aviation is as dated as whites only fountains. Since a purely Canadian aircraft is unlikely in the future, lets claim what ever we can honestly lay claim to. Apollo, 17.5% Canadian

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The Canadian Civil Aircraft Registry maintained online by Transport Canada lists 15 Seawinds in Canada as being officially registered as of April 2011.

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has Glen Holmes's mysterious accident testing this plane affected the development of this plane?...

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I did a little research into the Seawind. It was originally designed in the early 1980's in Canada as a kit.
Seawind kits were developed and sold by SNA Inc. of Kimberton, Pennsylvania, USA. Seawind LLC was formed to certify the Seawind design as a complete aircraft and market it as the Seawind 300C. The Seawind 300C factory was to be located in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada.
In September 2007 there were 13 Seawind 2000 and 3000 amateur-builts registered in Canada and 58 in the USA.[13] Due to kits purchased some time ago being completed, this number is expected to increase over the next few years, minus any aircraft destroyed in accidents.
According the the Canadian Civil Aviation registry, there are 15 registered Seawinds one of which is a 300 (factory built).

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I saw a nice looking Seawind in flying condition in 2008 at Edmonton Municipal Airport, if that helps anyone.

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I look at a Seawind every day here at North Bay, Ontario, pretty aircraft, It is flown here locally, can get some photos for you, Steve

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Not sure what kind of drunks posted the Seawind here. It was designed, built and sold as a kit for amateur class in Kemberton, PA USA and ONLY sold outside of the USA ever through Seawind Europe in Loughborough England. Only four Seawinds ever registered in Canadian history with only two still registered and no manufacture either. Tons of missing info and a major lack of the aircraft produced by companies listed here. Most of the ones listed here too, have very inacurate data to go with them. Sad but most of these listing here are years old too, as the data provided proves. Jerry your right there WAS a Boeing Canada based in Winninpeg, which was really a DeHavilland Canada's division. But there is even to this day a Bell Helicopters Canada plant in Canada. Not to mention Lear Jet is owned soley by Bombardier for decades now, but it's not here either. Consolidated built flying boats here in WWII along with Huricanes, Lancasters, Halifaxes and dozens of others not even mentioned.

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No comment about this airplane in particular, but about Canadian aviation in general. Aren't there Canadian divisions of American companies (like Boeing and Lockheed) too? Would these not be considered to be Canadian aircraft in the same way as those from the Canadian divisions of British companies (like Avro and DeHavilland)? Just wondering what the criteria for inclosion on this website is.

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