List of ground-effect vehicles

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

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". globalsecurity.org. 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 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
  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". widgetworks.com. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  7. ".: Wigetworks". Archived from the original on 2015-02-04. Retrieved 2015-11-03.
  8. AirFish - 8. YouTube. November 8, 2008.
  9. "Flightship assets go up for auction". flightglobal.com. February 2, 2004.
  10. "Commercial". Flying Ship Company. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  11. "Seaglider". Regent Aircraft. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
  12. "REGENT Completes World's First All-Electric Seaglider Flight Unlocking a New Era of Maritime Mobility}publisher=Regent Aircraft". September 15, 2022.
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