SAAF
Museum Port Elizabeth - Skimmerfoil Jorg IV
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Skimmerfoil Jörg IV
New Photos *
05-07-2007
| On Wednesday 4th July 2007 an unusual new exhibit
arrived on a flatbed at the SAAF Museum in Port Elizabeth.
I was hoping to get photos of it being unloaded but we got
there too late (or it got there too early). The
Skimmerfoil Jörg IV is an extremely interesting craft and
further research was definitely required. The TAF (Tandem Airfoil Flareboat) Skimmerfoil is referred to as a WIG (wings into ground) craft. Its inventer is Günther W Jörg, who is still involved in Airfoil Flareboat Technology (Airfoil) in Germany. In 1979/80 successful test runs with 4-6 seaters were carried out in South Africa. More information can be found in this PDF file Tandem Airfoil Flareboats as Efficient WIG Craft (605Kb). |
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