OE-VED was the last in a series of four prototypes, the first of which, OE-VEA designated as the M-222 Flamingo made its first flight in May 1959 but crashed later the same year. Two further examples followed, after which and following some substantial design alterations, OE-VED (later re-registered as OE-FEC), appeared as the SGP-222A, an intended pre-production airframe. Despite the aircraft receiving both Austrian and American type certification (for which it was designated the SG-222VS), the project was cancelled at the end of 1964 and all three survivors were later scrapped.

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