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{{Aircraft infobox
| name = Progressive Aerodyne SeaRey
| image = Progressive Aerodyne SeaRey C-GJIB.jpg
| caption = Progressive Aerodyne SeaRey. Photo: Ahunt, Public domain, via [[commons:File:Progressive Aerodyne SeaRey C-GJIB.jpg|Wikimedia Commons]]
| make = Progressive Aerodyne
| type = Kit aircraft
| origin = United States
| first_flight = 13 November 1992
| produced = 1992–2023
| status = In service
| number_built = 480 (2011)
| faa_registered = 375 (FAA register, October 30, 2026)
| seats = one, one passenger and 550 lb (249 kg) useful load
| engine = Rotax 912, 80 hp
| cruise = 85 mph (2006 model SeaRey with Rotax 912)
| ceiling = 12,500 ft (2006 model SeaRey with Rotax 912)
| gross_weight = 1,370 lb (2006 model SeaRey with Rotax 912)
| category = Seaplanes and amphibians
}}

The '''Progressive Aerodyne SeaRey''' is a two-seat amphibious flying boat from Florida, sold as a kit for home building and as a ready-to-fly light-sport aircraft.<ref name="wp"/> It first flew on November 13, 1992, and has a boat hull, a high wing and an engine mounted above the wing that pushes from behind.<ref name="wp"/> In the U.S. there are 375 with a valid registration.<ref name="faa"/>

== History ==
The SeaRey's roots go back to the Richter family's company Advanced Aviation, which built ultralights and the Buccaneer flying boats in the 1970s and 1980s.<ref name="wp"/> After that company was sold in 1992, Wayne and Kerry Richter and Paige Lynette founded Progressive Aerodyne in June 1992 and designed the first SeaRey. On its first flight the prototype reached up to 105 mph, beating its design goals.<ref name="wp"/> More than 400 kits had gone to customers by 2006, and a light-sport version followed in 2010.<ref name="wp"/> The company started in Orlando and is now in Tavares, Florida.<ref name="wp"/>

== Design ==
The fabric-covered wing spans nearly 31 feet and is braced with struts. The hull is built like a boat's, in fiberglass, with a carbon-fiber hull available that saves about 70 pounds.<ref name="wp"/> Small floats under the wings keep it level on the water, and the side canopies slide and can be opened in flight.<ref name="wp"/> Engines range from the 64 hp Rotax 582 to the turbocharged 115 hp Rotax 914.<ref name="wp"/> In the U.S. it can be registered as a light-sport aircraft or as an amateur-built experimental.<ref name="wp"/>

== Around the world ==
In 2015 pilot Michael Smith spent seven months flying a SeaRey around the world. He was the first person to fly solo around the globe in a single-engine flying boat and wrote about it in the book ''Voyage of the Southern Sun''.<ref name="wp"/> Author Richard Bach flew his SeaRey, "Puff", from Florida to his home near Seattle in 2012 and wrote ''Travels With Puff'' about the trip.<ref name="wp"/>

== Registered in the United States ==
The FAA register lists '''375''' of these airplanes with a valid U.S. registration. Here they are by the model name the FAA uses.<ref name="faa"/>
<div class="aw-wide">
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! FAA model name !! Registered
|-
| SEAREY || 158
|-
| SEAREY LSA || 101
|-
| SEAREY LSX || 61
|-
| SEA REY || 37
|-
| SEA REY LSX || 2
|-
| SEAREY LSX 914 || 1
|-
| PROGSV ARODYN SEAREY || 1
|-
| GILBERT SEAREY || 1
|-
| 1998 SEAREY || 1
|-
| WOLFPAK SEAREY || 1
|-
| M R LYON SEAREY LSX || 1
|-
| PRGRSV ARDYN SEAREY || 1
|-
| PROG AERODN SEAREY || 1
|-
| PROG AERODYNE SEAREY || 1
|-
| PRICE SEAREY || 1
|-
| SEA REY AMPHIBIAN || 1
|-
| SEAREY ELITE || 1
|-
| SEAREY C || 1
|-
| WARREN SEAREY || 1
|-
| PROG AERO SEAREY LSX || 1
|-
| ''1 other model names'' || 1
|}
</div>

== Specifications (2006 model SeaRey with Rotax 912) ==
<div class="aw-wide">
{| class="wikitable"
! Item !! 2006 model SeaRey with Rotax 912
|-
| Crew || one
|-
| Passengers / capacity || one passenger and 550 lb (249 kg) useful load
|-
| Length || 22 ft 5 in
|-
| Wingspan || 30 ft 10 in
|-
| Height || 6 ft 5 in
|-
| Wing area || 157 sq ft
|-
| Empty weight || 820 lb
|-
| Maximum takeoff weight || 1,370 lb
|-
| Engine || Rotax 912, 80 hp (four cylinder horizontally opposed piston aircraft engine)
|-
| Propeller || Warp Drive Inc or Ivoprop
|-
| Maximum speed || 120 mph
|-
| Cruise speed || 85 mph
|-
| Stall speed || 42 mph
|-
| Never-exceed speed || 120 mph
|-
| Service ceiling || 12,500 ft
|-
| Rate of climb || 600 ft/min
|}
</div>
Figures as given in the Wikipedia article and its sources.<ref name="wp"/>

{{Owner notes}}

== Photos ==
<gallery mode="packed" heights="170">
File:Progressive Aerodyne SeaRey N41089 Lakeland FL 23.04.09R.jpg|Progressive Aerodyne SeaRey light amphibian aircraft at Sun n' Fun, Lakeland, Florida. Photo: RuthAS, CC BY 3.0
File:N48CJ John Spratt Sea Rey (10145744686).jpg|Progressive Aerodyne SeaRey. Photo: Bill Larkins, CC BY-SA 2.0
File:Searey Landing.jpg|Searey Landing. Photo: FlugKerl2, CC BY-SA 4.0
</gallery>
All photos are from [[commons:Main Page|Wikimedia Commons]]; click a photo for its full credit and license.

== Buying a Progressive Aerodyne SeaRey ==
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== Sources ==
<references>
<ref name="wp">Wikipedia, "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_Aerodyne_SeaRey Progressive Aerodyne SeaRey]", read November 1, 2026. Airplane Wiki's text is written in its own words; facts are checked against this article and its sources.</ref>
<ref name="faa">Federal Aviation Administration, [https://www.faa.gov/licenses_certificates/aircraft_certification/aircraft_registry/releasable_aircraft_download Releasable Aircraft Database], file dated October 30, 2026. Valid registrations of fixed-wing airplanes whose FAA maker and model names belong to this family. Airplane Wiki uses only counts from this file, never owner names or addresses.</ref>
</references>

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