Dossier
ground-effect technology
Coverage of ground-effect technology in the Nexus archive.
- 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.