what is it?
The Sea Storm is an Italian homebuilt amphibious flying boat that was designed and produced by Storm Aircraft of Sabaudia. Storm Aircraft was originally called SG Aviation srl. When it was available the aircraft was supplied as a kit for amateur construction.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 9.3 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).
fun facts
- Top speed is 2.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 9.3 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- —
- number built
- 12
- role
- homebuilt aircraft
- origin
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- makers
- Storm Aircraft
- engines
- 1× Lycoming O-235
- length
- 7.5 m
- wingspan
- 9.3 m
- max take-off weight
- 608 kg
- top speed
- 325 km/h
- cruise speed
- 238 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 4,481 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q17147367, Wikipedia: Storm Aviation Sea Storm (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.