As we reported in our article about the new Chinese design, an ekranoplan uses the aerodynamic concept of ground effect to travel at high speeds just above the surface of water (or, less commonly, ...

Is it a boat? Is it a plane? Is it the Loch Ness monster? The Lun-class ekranoplan, colloquially known as “The Caspian Sea Monster,” is arguably a mish-mash of all three, and has just reared its head ...

The video shows how Liberty Lifter can combine heavy-lift transport at the scale of a ship with the speed of an aircraft for fast logistics missions in a sea environment. Aurora Flight Sciences, which ...

We have an occasional obsession with Soviet-era ekranoplans, the half-plane, half-hovercraft madness machines which take advantage of the ground effect, a phenomenon which provides for high lift at ...

Inspired by Soviet ground effect vehicles, an American engineer proposed a colossal ekranoplan capable of carrying thousands of passengers or entire military units. Designed to fly just above the ...

Russian researchers are analysing the potential of a heavy freighter design which would rely on ground-effect lift. The aircraft would feature a cargo compartment which would act as a wing, with a ...

Ekranoplans are a curious class of vehicle; most well known for several Soviet craft designed to operate at sea, flying just above the waves in ground effect. [rctestflight] had accidentally come ...

In the last days of July, news surfaced of the Russian military working on a revival of the Soviet-era ekranoplan. To be called Orlan, these brand new ground effect vehicles are to come into existence ...

What is it that’s not quite either a plane or a boat, but has characteristics of both? There are probably a lot of things that fit that description, but the one that [Nick Rehm] is working on is known ...

Powered by 228,800 Lb-Ft of thrust, this Lun-class Ekranoplan was designed to carry two-million pounds of Europe-invading soldiers and vehicles and six nuclear missiles at speeds up to 340 MPH. Thank ...

Russia has been building up its military, adding more sophisticated weaponry and expanding its presence. Moscow has put emphasis on the Arctic, where receding ice is opening access to sea lanes and ...

Notably in the same week that a Chinese ekranoplan design emerged, DARPA announced the cancellation of its Liberty Lifter ground effect seaplane program. First reported by Aviation Week on Jul. 7, ...