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To: STD

Not exactly. It’s a surface-effect vehicle; it rides on a cushion of air trapped underneath its wing. As I understand it, this sort of thing cannot fly higher than about half its wingspan or so.


5 posted on 03/10/2010 10:15:12 PM PST by Vroomfondel
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To: Vroomfondel

They are also know as ground effect vehicles (GEVs) because they fly in the ground effect which makes the wing extremely efficient.


18 posted on 03/11/2010 6:18:44 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine
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