Rudy Heeman has, over 11 years, transformed his hovercraft into a wing-in-ground-effect vehicle. Heeman says he’s found the ideal flight altitude under the vehicle’s 7-meter wingspan to be about 1.5 ...

Yet again, propulsion technology was too underdeveloped and nothing came of it. By the 1930s, engine technology had advanced enough to permit 1930s Russian aerodynamicist Vladimir Lekov to build a ...

Aeroauto Inc (www.aeroautosales.com), a leading provider of advanced personal transportation solutions, and VonMercier Hovercraft (www.VonMercier.co), a growing start-up manufacturer of cutting-edge ...

This article was originally featured on Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like this at hakaimagazine.com. Some people work in ...