Fleetwings Sea Bird

The Fleetwings Sea Bird (or Seabird) was an American-built amphibious aircraft of the 1930s.

The Sea Bird was an amphibious utility aircraft designed under contract in 1934–1935 by James C. Reddig for Fleetwings, Inc., of Bristol, Pennsylvania.

It was a high-wing, wire-braced monoplane with its engine housed in a nacelle mounted above the wings on struts.

Fleetwings initially planned to manufacture 50 production units, but at a price approaching $25,000 during the Depression, there proved to be no sustainable market.

The Sea Bird found use with private pilot owners and saw service with the oil support industry in Louisiana, including operation by J. Ray McDermott & Co. Data from Specifications of American Airplanes[1]General characteristics Performance