Regent Craft Wing in Ground Effect Could Revive Giant Cargo Plane Dreams

Regent Craft Wing in Ground Effect Could Revive Giant Cargo Plane Dreams

DARPA and the Navy had envisioned hyper-efficient cargo planes able to move thousands of tons by leveraging extra lift by flying close to the ground. Regent craft has a working 12 passenger version and has sales for a 100 passenger seaplane that would be about three times more fuel efficient than other planes. They do ...