Passenger aircraft could fly from New York to Los Angeles in around two hours, but there are still challenges that stand in ...

Peter Wright worked in F1 from the 1960's to the 1990's, in doing so he helped develop the ground effect era whilst at Lotus ...

Researchers propose stratospheric aerosol injection to cool the planet, but face challenges and controversies in climate ...

Liberty Lifter, a program to develop a ground effect aircraft that could carry heavy loads while skimming over waves and up ...

Ramp inspections at four Indian airports reveal serious gaps in maintenance, ground handling and dangerous goods protocol; ...

The Army is examining concepts to deploy ultra-long-range launched effects from platforms like its rapidly maturing HADES spy plane.

Originally intended as military vehicles, ekranoplans are a strange hybrid of aircraft and boat. Classified as the latter, they operate on, or rather just above, the surface of the water, using the ...

This ground-effect aircraft would operate just meters above the water, launching planes at combat speed without the need for runways or catapults. The design promised stealth, speed, and ...

Ground effect is a term that is only familiar to engineers and to pilots. It refers to the phenomenon that fixed-wing aircraft experience when they are flying near the ground or the ocean.

Aurora Flight Sciences, owned by Boeing, released a new render video in September showcasing its advanced Liberty Lifter wing-in-ground-effect aircraft. The design is being developed for the US ...

And now, with the launch of the Aprilia RSV4 X Ex3ma, trackday riders can experience ground-effect too. As well as the usual downforce aero (think an inverted aircraft wing) created by the stepped ...

This is the wing-in-ground effect (WiGE), and if you manage to max it out by flying at an altitude just 5% of your wingspan, it creates so much extra lift that you can fly an incredible 2.3 times ...