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

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,…

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

Lun-class ekranoplan in Kaspiysk

The Inside of the 'Caspian Sea Monster' - drone images show Soviet-era flying machine

The Inside of the 'Caspian Sea Monster' - drone images show Soviet-era flying machine

DARPA Developing Wing-In-Ground Effect Cargo Seaplane - The Aviationist

International Ports Capable of Serving Mega-Sized Winged Ships

Wings in Ground Effect

Project 903 Lun Ground Effect Vehicle, S-31 - The Monster of the Caspian - Aircraft - War Thunder — official forum

DARPA selects teams to design Liberty Lifter ground-effect demonstrator - AeroTime

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

What is a Ground Effect Vehicle?

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

Wing-in-ground effect vehicles - ScienceDirect

Wing-in-ground effect vehicles - ScienceDirect

Example of the future shape of Ekranoplans -The blended form of Fischer