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joshua

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Brittany Ferries explores high-speed seaglider service that will cross Channel to France from Portsmouth in just 40 minutes
PASSENGERS could whizz across to France from Portsmouth in just 40 minutes on a new high-speed seaglider dreamed up in an ambitious project.
By Kimberley Barber
Tuesday, 15th June 2021, 10:24 am
Updated Tuesday, 15th June 2021, 3:29 pm
The craft, an all-electric, wing-in-ground effect vehicle (WIG) which travels six times faster than a ferry, is under development in the United States through Boston-based start-up Regent (Regional Electric Ground Effect Nautical Transport), and Brittany Ferries is exploring its potential.

The ferry firm, which operates services to France and Spain from Portsmouth, Plymouth and Poole, has signed a letter of intent which could see seagliders with a 50-150 passenger capacity sailing between the UK and France by 2028.

Regent, which is working on several craft on different sizes, expects the first commercial passengers to travel on its smaller electric craft by 2025.
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Brittany Ferries is exploring the potential for a new high-speed, sustainable and more efficient form of ferry travel called a seaglider The concept, an all-electric, wing-in-ground effect vehicle (WIG), is under development in the United States through Boston-based start-up REGENT (Regional Electric Ground Effect Nautical Transport).
Frédéric Pouget, ports and operations director for Brittany Ferries, said: ‘Seaglider is an attractive and exciting concept and we look forward to working with Regent in the months and years to come.

‘We are particularly pleased to contribute now because it means we can bring real-world challenges and potential applications into the company’s thinking at an early stage.

‘We hope this may help bring commercial success in the years that follow. Who knows; this could be the birth of ferries that fly across the Channel.’
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Brittany Ferries is exploring the potential for a new high-speed, sustainable and more efficient form of ferry travel called a seaglider The concept, an all-electric, wing-in-ground effect vehicle (WIG), is under development in the United States through Boston-based start-up REGENT (Regional Electric Ground Effect Nautical Transport).
Seagliders combine the convenience of passenger ferries with the comfort of hydrofoils, the aerodynamic efficiency of hovercraft and the speed of aircraft.

With the potential to connect existing ferry ports, the craft are expected to fly at speeds of up to 180 mph with a battery-powered range of 180 miles.

The voyage from Portsmouth to Cherbourg, for example, could be covered in as little as 40 minutes.

The seagliders work by harnessing a concept well-known to pilots – ground effect. This is the cushion created by high-pressure air trapped between wings and the ground or water while flying at low altitude.
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Brittany Ferries is exploring the potential for a new high-speed, sustainable and more efficient form of ferry travel called a seaglider The concept, an all-electric, wing-in-ground effect vehicle (WIG), is under development in the United States through Boston-based start-up REGENT (Regional Electric Ground Effect Nautical Transport).
Seagliders are therefore akin to a hovercraft with wings, rather than a skirt.

Billy Thalheimer, co-founder and chief executive of Regent, said: ‘Regent is excited to partner with Brittany Ferries to bring the future of maritime transportation to market.

‘Brittany Ferries offers world-class operational experience which will help Regent ensure that our seagliders will be the most convenient and comfortable form of cross-Channel travel.’
 

Gramaisc

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Brittany Ferries explores high-speed seaglider service that will cross Channel to France from Portsmouth in just 40 minutes
PASSENGERS could whizz across to France from Portsmouth in just 40 minutes on a new high-speed seaglider dreamed up in an ambitious project.
By Kimberley Barber
Tuesday, 15th June 2021, 10:24 am
Updated Tuesday, 15th June 2021, 3:29 pm
The craft, an all-electric, wing-in-ground effect vehicle (WIG) which travels six times faster than a ferry, is under development in the United States through Boston-based start-up Regent (Regional Electric Ground Effect Nautical Transport), and Brittany Ferries is exploring its potential.

The ferry firm, which operates services to France and Spain from Portsmouth, Plymouth and Poole, has signed a letter of intent which could see seagliders with a 50-150 passenger capacity sailing between the UK and France by 2028.

Regent, which is working on several craft on different sizes, expects the first commercial passengers to travel on its smaller electric craft by 2025.
brittany-ferries-explores-high-speed-seaglider-service-that-will-cross-channel-to-france-from-portsmouth-in-just-40-minutes-3273188


Brittany Ferries is exploring the potential for a new high-speed, sustainable and more efficient form of ferry travel called a seaglider The concept, an all-electric, wing-in-ground effect vehicle (WIG), is under development in the United States through Boston-based start-up REGENT (Regional Electric Ground Effect Nautical Transport).
Frédéric Pouget, ports and operations director for Brittany Ferries, said: ‘Seaglider is an attractive and exciting concept and we look forward to working with Regent in the months and years to come.

‘We are particularly pleased to contribute now because it means we can bring real-world challenges and potential applications into the company’s thinking at an early stage.

‘We hope this may help bring commercial success in the years that follow. Who knows; this could be the birth of ferries that fly across the Channel.’
Brittany Ferries is exploring the potential for a new high-speed, sustainable and more efficient form of ferry travel called a seaglider The concept, an all-electric, wing-in-ground effect vehicle (WIG), is under development in the United States through Boston-based start-up REGENT (Regional Electric Ground Effect Nautical Transport).
Seagliders combine the convenience of passenger ferries with the comfort of hydrofoils, the aerodynamic efficiency of hovercraft and the speed of aircraft.

With the potential to connect existing ferry ports, the craft are expected to fly at speeds of up to 180 mph with a battery-powered range of 180 miles.

The voyage from Portsmouth to Cherbourg, for example, could be covered in as little as 40 minutes.

The seagliders work by harnessing a concept well-known to pilots – ground effect. This is the cushion created by high-pressure air trapped between wings and the ground or water while
Brittany Ferries is exploring the potential for a new high-speed, sustainable and more efficient form of ferry travel called a seaglider The concept, an all-electric, wing-in-ground effect vehicle (WIG), is under development in the United States through Boston-based start-up REGENT (Regional Electric Ground Effect Nautical Transport).
Seagliders are therefore akin to a hovercraft with wings, rather than a skirt.

Billy Thalheimer, co-founder and chief executive of Regent, said: ‘Regent is excited to partner with Brittany Ferries to bring the future of maritime transportation to market.

‘Brittany Ferries offers world-class operational experience which will help Regent ensure that our seagliders will be the most convenient and comfortable form of cross-Channel travel.’
I wonder if any of the old Ekranoplans are for sale?

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BobClay

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Used to be one of those parked at the gates of 16 MU long ago. Would pass it on the way to the Astra Cinema (if we were chancing entry at the main gate, didn't always work.) :)
 

Gramaisc

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Used to be one of those parked at the gates of 16 MU long ago. Would pass it on the way to the Astra Cinema (if we were chancing entry at the main gate, didn't always work.) :)
It was chopped up for scrap, because it was 'dangerous'.
 

Gramaisc

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This has probably been posted on here before, but I think it needs to be seen again

My dad flew in these as SAC between 1964-68 - the short lived, but spectacular Blackburn Beverley C1


Additionally, there is a project to save and restore the last remaining Beverley at Fort Paull too

https://www.blackburnbeverley.co.uk/

The Beverley was a wonderfully bonkers thing - a good example of the "if nobody else used it, it might be a bit iffy" rule.

Although you could fly it with the back of the cargo area fully open and drop big things, you couldn't open the doors in flight. You had to take them off, leave them there, fly off with the back open, do the drop, then come back and refit them. They carried aluminium scaffolding to help with this task.

It would actually go backwards, and driving them back for the longest possible run was a common enough tactic, particularly during the disputes around Aden.

But, at least you couldn't forget to put the wheels down.
 

Gramaisc

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This shows why opening the back doors in flight was always going to be awkward.

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And this shows one of the few aircraft ever to be written off by running over a land mine.

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Entropy

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My dad has many many stories of sketchy operations with the Beverley. Most notably the paratrooper drop door in the tail boom, being a place you dont want to find yourself falling asleep on.

He spent most of his time in the forward nose section watching the world go by as he flew in and around the various bases dotted about in the Middle East and to Hong Kong.
 
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Gramaisc

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My dad has many many stories of sketchy operations with the Beverley. Most notably the paratrooper drop door in the tail boom, being a place you dont want to find yourself falling asleep on.

He spent most of his time in the forward nose section watching the world go by as he flew in and around the various bases dotted about in the Middle East and to Hong Kong.
There was a modification to the boom drop door, to interlock it with the toilet door, after some poor unfortunate bloke fell through the hatch after it was opened while he was working in there with the door shut. It was on the ground and stationary, but it's still a very long way down to the concrete.
 
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