American agency DARPA pulled the plug on the Liberty Lifter ground-effect seaplane three years after it first announced it.

Sited at the edge of the lake, the sauna connects land to lake and “becomes a bridge between the ground and the water and relates equally to both elements,” the architects say.

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Hovering uncannily close to the waves, the Airfish-8 carves its way over water three times quicker than a boat, and 2.3 times more efficiently than an aircraft. Singapore's ST Engineering has ...

Ground Effect is a unique 3D, classic arcade-style racer, inspired by ekranoplan technology wherein craft ‘fly’ on a cushion of air at breakneck speeds and It boasts amazing graphics and ...

Ground effect vehicles, or ekranoplans, have the advantage of being more efficient than normal aircraft and faster than boats, but so far haven’t been developed beyond experimental prototypes.

Aerodynamics in ground effect vehicles has become a focal point for contemporary research due to its substantial potential to enhance lift, reduce drag and improve overall vehicle performance ...

WIGs are floating, winged vehicles that take-off from water and fly close to the surface, staying within “ground effect” – an aerodynamic regime characterised by increased lift and reduced drag.

Two teams — General Atomics working with Maritime Applied Physics Corporation and Aurora Flight Sciences working with Gibbs & Cox and ReconCraft — will develop designs for DARPA’s Liberty Lifter ...

Civilian wing-in-ground effect craft face regulatory uncertainty, with the US Federal Aviation Administration and United States Coast Guard working to define which agency will oversee the vehicles.