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  1. Stargazer

    Prototypes and projects from Latvia's RKIIGA

    The world-famous RKIIGA (Riga Red Banner Institute of Civil Aviation Engineers) will celebrate its 106th anniversary in May 2025. Its history started in 1919 when the School of Aviation Mechanics was opened in Kyiv, which later continued its work in Riga. The institute changed names several...
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  2. Stargazer

    Sea Cheetah hydrogen WIG

    Source: AEROSPACE Magazine, November 2024 Official website: https://seacheetah.com/
  3. athpilot

    Bartini and his Projects Vol. 4 by Konstantin Udalov and Marek Rys: Combat Ekranoplans

    Удалов К. Г., Рысь Марек Бартини и его проекты. Том 4. Боевые экранопланы. - Москва. 2021 г., 176 с. ISBN: 978-5-4465-3169-1 Hi! I had the opportunity to read Konstantin Udalovs latest book of his publication series about Bartinis work and designs (this is Vol. 4). This time he covers the...
  4. hesham

    Lippisch-inspired WIG aircraft: Hoverwing, Airfish, Seawing, FlightShip...

    Hi, http://www.oriontechnologies.net/Documents/matrix.pdf
  5. Stargazer

    Naval Surface Warfare Center/NAVAIR Battleforce Seaplane designs

    Source: THE POTENTIAL EFFECT OF MATURING TECHNOLOGY UPON FUTURE SEAPLANES by Mr. August Bellanca & Ms. Carey Matthews, April 2005
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  6. Gannet

    Why are there no WIG Type Unmanned Surface Vehicles

    While reading the following article, it baffles me why there are no modern examples of wing in ground (WIG) effect unmanned surface vessels Unmanned Surface Vehicles: Past, Present, and Future By Helmut H. Portmann, Seth L. Cooper, Mathew R. Norton, and David A. Newborn...
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    Fletcher Glidemobile

    Is there any reliable information available about the Glidemobile hovercraft designed by man named Charles Fletcher during the WWII? The little information i have found only seems to describe later legal battles concerning the origin of the hovercraft. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hovercraft...
  8. hesham

    Kawasaki Air-Cushion Boat

    Hi, the Kawasaki ram-wing twin boom craft or vehicle,it was powered by one 80 hp Mercedes and had estimatd speed of 68 mph. http://www.flightglobal.com/PDFArchive/View/1962/1962%20-%202749.html?search=campini%20aircraft
  9. flateric

    Boeing LOBOY Anti-submarine WIG, 1965

    In the mid-1960s, the Boeing Company published a study for a concept of LOBOY, a wing-in-ground effect ASW aircraft. This concept was unusual because the vehicle had a wing aspect ratio of 12, much greater than conventional WIGs with aspect ratios of from 1 to 5. Also, the wings did not have end...
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