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 the Lake Tai.
France
- Pennec Navion: Designed and built by Serge Pennec at Geovas, near Brest in Brittany
Germany
- TAF VIII-1 2 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, 4 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, 8 seater Tandem Airfoil Flairboat Typ Jörg III, built in 1990.
- TAF VIII-4 12 seater TAF, Typ Jörg IV built in 1986 for coastal protection reasons.
Iran
- Bavar 2, a 2-seater (allegedly) semi-stealth military GEV that entered active duty in 2010.
Korea
- C&S AMT ARON7 [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
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Ivolga EK-12
Civil WIG
- Ivolga EK-12[5]
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
Singapore
- AF8-001 (Air Fish) - WigetWorks produces the Lippisch WIG, previously known as Flightship, AirFish, or FS8.[6] 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.[7] Assets of the prior owner were liquidated in 2008. (see Wing In Ground-effect vehicle for more information).
United States
- Boeing Pelican - Boeing Pelican
- BD-12 (Atlantic WIGCRAFT BD, Inc.)
www.wigcraft.com
See also
References
- ↑ C&S AMT Ltd. THE FLYING SHIP ARON7
- ↑ Sungwoo Engineering Wing in the Ground Effect Ship
- ↑ Wing Ship Technology Corp, WSH-500
- ↑ Wing Ship Technology Corp, WSH-1500
- ↑ Ivolga TrekIvolga Archive
- ↑ http://www.wigetworks.com/about_us.html
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYFEFekPzDM
External links
- Ekranoplan Moscow Top News
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