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2. List of ground-effect vehicles - Wikipedia

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   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.

3. RFB X-113 - Wikipedia

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   Lippisch's development of his Aerofoil Boat, a ground effect vehicle for use over water, began whilst he was working in the aviation division of the Collins Radio Company in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, US. The first test of concept was the Collins X-112 , flown in the mid-1960s.

4. Ground-effect vehicle - Wikipedia

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   Ekranoplan A-90 Orlyonok. A ground-effect vehicle (GEV), also called a wing-in-ground-effect (WIGE or WIG), ground-effect craft/machine (GEM), wingship, flarecraft, surface effect vehicle or ekranoplan (Russian: экранопла́н – "screenglider"), is a vehicle that is able to move over the surface by gaining support from the reactions of the air against the surface of the earth or water.

5. Alexander Lippisch - Wikipedia

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   From 1950 to 1964, Lippisch worked for the Collins Radio Company in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, which had an aeronautical division. [5] It was during this time that his interest shifted toward ground effect craft. The result was an aerofoil boat research seaplane X-112, flown in 1963. However, Lippisch contracted cancer, and resigned from Collins.

6. Collins X-112 - Wikipedia

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   Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft General characteristics Crew: One or two Length: 25 ft 0 in (7.62 m) Wingspan: 14 ft 0 in (4.27 m) Wing area: 110 sq ft (10 m 2) Empty weight: 370 lb (168 kg) Gross weight: 710 lb (322 kg) Powerplant: 1 × unknown, tractor configuration, 25 hp (19 kW) Propellers: fixed pitch Performance Maximum speed: 77 mph (124 km/h, 67 kn) in free flight, flown solo ...

7. Gottlob Espenlaub - Wikipedia

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   Gottlob Espenlaub. Espenlaub was born in Balzholz, [citation needed] since 1938 part of Beuren.As a young man Espenlaub served as a joiner to aircraft builders. He helped Alexander Lippisch to build a style of glider in 1921 according to Lippisch's designs.