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News / All-electric wing-in-ground cargo-carrying Seaglider prepares for take-off

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The US’s Regional Electric Ground Effect Nautical Transport (Regent) is reviving the wing-in-ground (WiG), or ’ground-effect’ concept, which it says is applicable for new types of maritime cargo and passenger vehicles.

The Seaglider’s ‘Viceroy’ design would allow it to fly at 180 ...

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