The following is a list of WIG or 'wing-in-ground'-effect craft, also referred to as water-skimming wingships or, in Russia, 'ekranoplans'.
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
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 "Caspian Sea Monster" - largest GEV ever built
- 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
- Aerocon Dash 1.6 wingship
- AirFish 3 and 8 respective 3 and 8 seaters by www.wigetworks.com
- Boeing Pelican
- Collins X-112
- Flying Ship Technologies, Corp. unamnned "Flying Ship"[10]
- REGENT Viceroy Seaglider[11][12]
See also
References
- ^ Aron Flying Ship Ltd., M80/M50
- ^ Sungwoo Engineering Wing in the Ground Effect Ship
- ^ Wing Ship Technology Corp, WSH-500
- ^ Wing Ship Technology Corp, WSH-1500
- ^ Ivolga TrekIvolga Archive
- ^ "Introducing the Airfish 8". widgetworks.com. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
- ^ ".: Wigetworks". Archived from the original on 2015-02-04. Retrieved 2015-11-03.
- ^ AirFish - 8. YouTube. November 8, 2008.
- ^ "Flightship assets go up for auction". flightglobal.com. February 2, 2004.
- ^ "Commercial". Flying Ship Company. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
- ^ "Seaglider". Regent Aircraft. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
- ^ "REGENT Completes World's First All-Electric Seaglider Flight Unlocking a New Era of Maritime Mobility}publisher=Regent Aircraft". September 15, 2022.
External links
- Ekranoplan Moscow Top News
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