Joint German companies Fischer Flugmechanik and Airfoil Development (FF/AD) plan to develop a 20-passenger wing-in-ground effect (WIG) vehicle. Hypercraft Associates, marketing the 90kt (170km/h) ...
The Department of Defense’s mad scientist division is looking to develop a plane that can also harness the “wing-in-ground” effect. Nicknamed “Liberty Lifter,” the aircraft would skim the surface of ...
Last week, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced a new project, one that should be familiar to aircraft—and ship—geeks. The Liberty Lifter seaplane transport will harness the ...