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.

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
  • 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]

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[6]

Singapore
  • AF8-001 (Air Fish) - WigetWorks is developing the AirFish 8, 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 in 2008. (see Wing In Ground-effect vehicle for more information).

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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. https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/a-050.htm
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-02-04. Retrieved 2015-11-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYFEFekPzDM
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