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what is it?
The AAC SeaStar is an amphibious biplane that was produced in kitplane form. The aircraft is built largely of composite materials and features wings that may be easily removed for transport, and a ballistic recovery system in the form of a parachute that can be deployed from the engine nacelle. AAC also marketed a Super Pétrel model in 2011.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 8.3 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
spec sheet
- first flight
- —
- number built
- 91
- role
- amphibious homebuilt aircraft
- makers
- Amphibian Airplanes of Canada
- engines
- 1× Rotax 912
- length
- 6.5 m
- wingspan
- 8.3 m
- height
- 2.3 m
- max take-off weight
- 599 kg
- top speed
- 164 km/h
- cruise speed
- 137 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 3,658 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2601417, Wikipedia: AAC SeaStar (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.