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List of ground effect vehicles

The following is a list of WIG or 'wing-in-ground'-effect craft, also referred to as water-skimming wingships or, in Russia, 'ekranoplans'.

An A-90 Orlyonok, a Soviet-era ground-effect plane

Australia

  • Sea Eagle (WIG craft) - six-seater wing-in-ground effect craft

China

  • DXF100 (Tianyi-1) - 15 seater wing-in-ground effect craft, designed by China Academy of Science & Technology Development. In 2000, the model is for commercial sale in China. The first buyer of Tianyi-1 used the vehicle to carry tourists around Lake Tai.
  • Xiangzhou 1 - 7 passenger capacity wing-in-ground effect craft, 12.7 meters long, 11 meters wide and 3.9 meters tall with a maximum takeoff weight of 2.5 tons.

Europe

France

  • Pennec Navion: Designed and built by Serge Pennec at Geovas, near Brest in Brittany

Germany

  • Seafalcon http://www.seafalcon.net/
  • TAF http://www.botec.org/wordpress/wir-uber-uns/?lang=en Germany, but GEV's are in Greece - Kavala at the Aegean Sea
    • TAF VIII-1 two-seater Tandem Airfoil Flairboat Typ Jörg 1, built in 1987. This WIG craft has experienced about 100.000 km and is still in use in private property.
    • TAF VIII-2, four-seater Tandem Airfoil Flairboat Typ Jörg II, built in 1983. Following the F&E and test period, Dipl. Ing. Günther Jörg was awarded with the "Phillip Morris Scientific Award" for the Transportation System for the future.
    • Another TAF VIII-2, built in 1994 was given to a Japanese private citizen.
    • TAF VIII-3, eight-seater Tandem Airfoil Flairboat Typ Jörg III, built in 1990.
    • TAF VIII-4 twelve-seater TAF, Typ Jörg IV built in 1986 for coastal protection reasons.

Iran

  • HESA Bavar 2, a two-seater (allegedly) semi-stealth military GEV that entered active duty in 2010.

Korea

  • ARON Flying Ship[1]
  • Sungwoo Engineering Wing in the Ground Effect Ship[2]
  • Wing Ship Technology Corp WSH-500[3]
  • Wing Ship Technology Corp WSH-1500[4]

Russia

 
Ivolga EK-12

Civil WIG

  • Ivolga EK-12[5]
  • Aquaglide-2

Military WIG

  • Beriev Be-1 - Experimental aircraft used in development of VVA-14
  • Bartini Beriev VVA-14 - Amphibious anti-submarine aircraft, only prototypes were produced
  • KM "Kaspian Monster" - largest GEV in the world
  • Lun-class ekranoplan - Lun Class Ekranoplan
  • A-90 Orlyonok - Orlyonok Ekranoplan
  • Beriev Be-2500 - Beriev Be- 2500 (Future Plane)
  • Aqualet - New 2011 Russian development of Ground Effect Vehicle
  • Chaika A-050< "A-050 Chaika-2". globalsecurity.org. Retrieved April 5, 2021.

Singapore

  • AF8-001 (Air Fish) - WidgetWorks is developing the AirFish 8,[6] previously known as Lippisch WIG, Flightship, or FS8.[7] The AirFish uses an air-cushion to raise the vehicle and travels at speeds up to 80 knots. Currently[timeframe?] still in prototype with one built and tested beginning in 2001.[8] Assets of the prior owner were liquidated at auction.[9]

United States

See also

References

  1. ^ Aron Flying Ship Ltd., M80/M50
  2. ^ Sungwoo Engineering Wing in the Ground Effect Ship
  3. ^ Wing Ship Technology Corp, WSH-500
  4. ^ Wing Ship Technology Corp, WSH-1500
  5. ^ Ivolga TrekIvolga
  6. ^ "Introducing the Airfish 8". widgetworks.com. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  7. ^ . Archived from the original on 2015-02-04. Retrieved 2015-11-03.
  8. ^ AirFish - 8. YouTube. November 8, 2008.
  9. ^ "Flightship assets go up for auction". flightglobal.com. February 2, 2004.
  10. ^ "Seaglider". Regent Aircraft. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
  11. ^ "REGENT Completes World's First All-Electric Seaglider Flight Unlocking a New Era of Maritime Mobility}publisher=Regent Aircraft". September 15, 2022.

External links

  • Moscow Top News

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