List of ground effect vehicles

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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

## Contents

* 1 Australia
* 2 China
* 3 Europe
* 3.1 France
* 3.2 Germany
* 4 Iran
* 5 Korea
* 6 Russia
* 7 Singapore
* 8 United States
* 9 See also
* 10 References
* 11 External links

## 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". https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/a-050.htm<. 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

* Boeing Pelican
* Collins X-112
* AirFish 3 and 8 respective 3 and 8 seaters by www.wigetworks.com
* Regent Seaglider[10][11]

## See also

* Ground effect vehicle
* Ground effect train

## 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 Archive
6. ↑ "Introducing the Airfish 8". http://widgetworks.com. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
7. ↑ ".: Wigetworks". Archived from the original on 2015-02-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20150204091304/http://www.wigetworks.com/about_us.html. Retrieved 2015-11-03.
8. ↑ AirFish - 8. YouTube. November 8, 2008.
9. ↑ "Flightship assets go up for auction". February 2, 2004. https://www.flightglobal.com/flightship-assets-go-up-for-auction/52744.article.
10. ↑ "Seaglider". Regent Aircraft. https://www.regentcraft.com/. 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. https://www.regentcraft.com/news/regent-completes-worlds-first-all-electric-seaglider-flight-unlocking-a-new-era-of-maritime-mobility.

## External links

* Ekranoplan Moscow Top News

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