TECHNOLOGYSCMP CHINA
Part boat, part plane, part sci-fi: China debuts consumer flying watercraft
A Chinese company, Navee, has completed the maiden flight of a passenger craft using ground-effect technology on Lake Taihu, claiming it is the world’s first consumer flying watercraft. The vehicle revives a concept previously associated with the Soviet Union’s Cold War-era experimental vehicles.
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