Ground Effect Vehicle

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Regent to build high-speed electric ground-effect "seagliders"

Boston-based company Regent has taken US$465 million in pre-orders for its super-fast electric "Seaglider." Using the wing-in-ground effect, this 180-mph beast promises twice the range of an electric aircraft, and a revolution in coastal transport.

The Storm-600 should be put to the test for the first time, later this summer (Northern Hemisphere)

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Unmanned solar wing-in-ground-effect vehicle being developed in Russia

Russia has a long history of experimenting with wing-in-ground-effect (WIG) vehicles, most notably the huge ekranoplans dating back to the 1960s. Now, Russian scientists are developing a smaller unmanned WIG, that's solar-powered.

Wigetworks' Airfish-8 is another incarnation of the ground effect vehicle hoping to find commercial success

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Could the Airfish-8 finally get the Wing In Ground Effect Vehicle up and running?

A Singaporean company is resurrecting a post-WW2 German design to commercialize a beautiful reverse-delta ground effect vehicle as a high-speed, high-efficiency ferry for 6-8 passengers. The Airfish 8 hovers serenely between 2 and 23 feet over the water and hits speeds of almost 120 mph.