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 Remember the "Land Speeder" or the "Pod Racers" in the Star Wars films?  Bet you're thinking that was all just fantasy right?  Well . . . you'd just better 
think again!
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Since about 1959, inventors and engineers have been working on Wing In Ground Effect (WIG) and Hover Craft vehicles.  With each passing year, these strange flying machines are reaching commercial viability.  In the next few years you're going to see, and possibly pilot, some very cool machines.





These new craft can fly, but they are not quite airplanes, they float but they are not quite boats. These futuristic vehicles move easily over the surface of land or water, suspended just a few inches above the surface and can achieve very high rates of speed.

Many designers are starting to  combine both hover and WIG effect  technologies,  building hybrid vehicles that can hover in one spot just a few inches off of the surface, then darting off at a high rate of speed.

Larger craft are already operational as ferries or cargo transports.  In Japan, engineers have designed a "Flying Train" that will fly through a special U-shaped trough on a cushion of air.