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Old 08-14-2008, 11:43 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Imagine the mileage over open water while flying bravely in ground effect.
I used to be more enthusiastic about ground effect vehicles, until I realized that you have to go to all the trouble and expense of aircraft construction, but then have a vehicle that only goes over water, often in poor visibility and wx conditions.

Better to climb above all that, the bad weather, and terrain, with a real airplane that can go anywhere on the earth's surface.
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