British WIG. and 'Ekranoplane' projects ...

[TsrJoe]

this one was photographed out to pasture in a yard in South Lanarkshire, c.1989, looks to be well made and finished. Im not sure if a homebuilt or a previous University project ?
(Glasgow University engineering Dept. had a reputation for building large scale mockups during the 70/80's to assess various concepts, eg. SWATH., rotorsail studies, etc.)

 

[TsrJoe]

FICTIONAL 'WIG. craft' artists concept, ref. 'Cushion-of-air-Ships ,Transport of the future', Stanley Clark, Royal Air Force Flying Review, November 1958

 

[Hood]

this one was photographed out to pasture in a yard in South Lanarkshire, c.1989, looks to be well made and finished. Im not sure if a homebuilt or a previous University project ?

This certainly looks inspired by Alexander Lippisch's WIG designs, such as the X-113. So it could well have been built sometime during the 1970s. Pity more isn't known, UK WIG projects are pretty rare.

 

[hesham]

FICTIONAL 'WIG. craft' artists concept, ref. 'Cushion-of-air-Ships ,Transport of the future', Stanley Clark, Royal Air Force Flying Review, November 1958

It's here sister Joe,

https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/saunders-roe-ekranoplan-wig-project.31384/