Things can get ugly and inefficient when a ground effect vehicle accidentally skims the water, adding significant drag that can drastically slow it down, wrench it sideways or just cost energy. One ...

Formula 1 has drawn the curtain on the ground effect era, with Max Verstappen emerging as the undisputed leader in laps led ...

The impact of ground effect Formula 1 cars was pronounced, with Max Verstappen explaining some of the physical pressures.

In aviation, the term ground effect is meant to represent the reduced drag on the wing that occurs when the plane flies close to a fixed surface, meaning most of the time close to the ground. Thanks ...

There's a very discreet push these days to advance wing-in-ground-effect vehicles. Both private companies and the military are looking at ways of taking advantage of this technology to find new ways ...

Aurora Flight Sciences has updated the design of its Liberty Lifter seaborne military heavy-lift transport – a highly efficient X-plane the company is developing for DARPA that achieves bulk lift by ...

All-electric seaglider manufacturer Regent Craft will deliver its first 50-100-passenger Monarch seaglider to United Marine Egypt (UME) Shipping before the end of the decade. The vessel is an ...

Regent craft has a working 12 passenger version and has sales for a 100 passenger seaplane that would be about three times more fuel efficient than other planes. They do not need as much weight as ...