Ground Effect Flying Boat

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Posted by michael on Friday May 3, 2002 @08:23PM from the miami-vice dept.

Stalke writes "A company called Flightship has produced the worlds first commercial flying boat that operates on the principle of ground-effect. I first saw these types of craft on TLC when they showed a huge soviet landing craft based upon the same principle. The first commercial version of this craft has a capacity of only 6 passengers, but a larger version called the Dragon Clipper will seat 40! Check out the videos on the site, this thing really is a sight to see."

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first post by Anonymous Coward · 2002-05-03 20:24 · Score: -1, Offtopic

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Flightship - slashdotted already ? by Anonymous Coward · 2002-05-03 20:33 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Nuff said.
GOLEM LIKES THE GROUND EFFECT BOAT by Anonymous Coward · 2002-05-03 23:07 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I AM THE GOLEM! This is my fith dimension! I will send you the fifith dimension constitution. From this day on, I will be riding and surfing on your cyberwind!
Ok so by Anonymous Coward · 2002-05-04 02:14 · Score: -1, Offtopic

You get an alian anal probe

one anti gravity device

some "shrooms"

a windows box

one fiber connection to FreeBSD.org

and a little time

now you've found that anything can levitate

even your kid brother,complete with sound of hime screaming louder than the redhead next door when he "levitates" off your roof

bwahahahahahahah
Did anyone besides me catch the author's name? by JojoCoco · 2002-05-04 04:38 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Float like a butterfly, Sting like a bee.
Re:gratuitious karma whoring by Wakkow · 2002-05-04 04:46 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I'm not -really- a karma whore... I just pretend I am sometimes.
This boat by Anonymous Coward · 2002-05-04 05:52 · Score: -1, Offtopic

is not a delorean. But those have been known to fly too, and I want one. You should buy me one.
Re:4.0 6.0 by Anonymous Coward · 2002-05-04 06:42 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Eat a dick, linux whiner. You're fucking stupid.
Re:4.0 6.0 by fava · 2002-05-04 07:16 · Score: 0, Offtopic

>> Eat a dick, linux whiner. You're fucking stupid.

Actually I am using opera for Windows. I have used both IE and Netscape but I prefer Opera. Its small, fast and does everything I want it to do.

I can't beleive I am responding to a flame by an AC.
Re:Great desert verhicle! by DomoKun · 2002-05-04 09:55 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Flamebait coz I used "Arab"!? Whats happening here? O I forgot this is an Amercian forum... And btw it happend to be that Arabs organize all kind of desert races, camel races, car races etc. Maybe I should have said, people living near large areas of microscopic rocks. Pfffffffffftt
This is a test2 by Anonymous Coward · 2002-05-07 08:32 · Score: -1, Offtopic

and a test a test a test