Radia, which has received funding from a number of investors including Caruso Ventures and ConocoPhillips, started work on the project in 2017 and is projecting its first flight in 2029.
Friday, October 31, 2025
unreal... hard to believe there is a need for wind turbine blade transport by airplane, though still only a concept, its first flight might be in 2029
Radia, which has received funding from a number of investors including Caruso Ventures and ConocoPhillips, started work on the project in 2017 and is projecting its first flight in 2029.
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Is that WIG airplane?
ReplyDeleteI don't know what WIG is, but this is CGI concept art. Hasn't been built, doesn't exist in reality yet
DeleteWing in Ground Effect, like the ones The Soviet Union experimented with in its last years. They're also known as 'ekranoplanes'. Boieng came up with this proposal years ago: www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2021/08/darpa-requests-information-for-wing-in-ground-effect-aircraft-for-the-u-s-military/
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