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The following is a list of WIG or 'wing-in-ground'-effect craft, also referred to as water-skimming wingships or, in Russia, 'ekranoplans'.

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.
• Xiangzhou 1 - 7 passenger capacity wing-in-ground effect craft, 12.7 meters long, 11 meters wide and 3.9 meters tall with a maximum takeoff weight of 2.5 tons.

Europe

France

• Pennec Navion: Designed and built by Serge Pennec at Geovas, near Brest in Brittany

Germany

• Seafalcon http://www.seafalcon.net/
• TAF http://www.botec.org/wordpress/wir-uber-uns/?lang=en Germany, but GEV's are in Greece - Kavala at the Aegean Sea
  • TAF VIII-1 two-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, 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.
  • Another TAF VIII-2, built in 1994 was given to a Japanese private citizen.
  • TAF VIII-3, eight-seater Tandem Airfoil Flairboat Typ Jörg III, built in 1990.
  • TAF VIII-4 twelve-seater TAF, Typ Jörg IV built in 1986 for coastal protection reasons.

Iran

• Bavar 2, a two-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

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< "A-050 Chaika-2". globalsecurity.org. Retrieved April 5, 2021.

Singapore

• AF8-001 (Air Fish) - WidgetWorks is developing the AirFish 8,[6] 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^[timeframe?] still in prototype with one built and tested beginning in 2001.[8] Assets of the prior owner were liquidated at auction.[9]

United States

• Boeing Pelican
• Collins X-112
• AirFish 3 and 8 respective 3 and 8 seaters by www.wigetworks.com

See also

• Ground effect vehicle
• Ground effect train

References

External links

• Ekranoplan Moscow Top News

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