List of ground-effect vehicles

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

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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

Russia

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Ivolga EK-12

Civil WIG

Military WIG

Singapore

  • AF8-001 (Air Fish) - Widgetworks is developing the AirFish 8,[6] previously known as Lippisch WIG, Flightship, or FS8.[7] The AirFish uses wing-in-ground-effect to reduce drag and travels at speeds up to 80 knots. CurrentlyTemplate:Clarify 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

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  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 Archive
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