Wing in Ground Effect – Flight in an Ekranoplan – Air Power Asia

Wing in Ground Effect – Flight in an Ekranoplan – Air Power Asia

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In 1998/99 I had the unique opportunity to take two flights in Volga-2 ekranoplan produced by Volga Shipyard in Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia. The small ekranoplan for non-military use like the eight seat Volga-2 were developed as small water taxis. They were part of the ground-effect vehicle (GEV), also called a wing-in-ground-effect (WIGE), ground-effect craft, wingship,…

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