Company Wigetworks have created AirFish-8, a boat/plane hybrid that glides on water. Due to the machines unique structure, it is able to utilise what is known as the "Wing in Ground Effect." ...

hulled boat at low speeds but has a hydrofoil for operating at higher speeds. Beyond that, its wings give it enough lift to leave the water but stay in ground-effect flight, flying low to the ...

In the 1960s the Soviet Union began experimenting with what they called ekranoplans, ground effect vehicles (GEVs) that were something of a hybrid between a ship and a large airplane. Their stubby ...

The Liberty Lifter X-plane‘s unrefueled range can ... The team’s goal is to create a flying boat that can operate in ground effect up to Sea State 5 and take off and land up to Sea State ...

THIS is the moment a new flying drone ship skims across the ocean to fly 10 times faster than a boat. Aptly named the ... aircraft that operate in ground effect and are able to beach anywhere ...