Look! Down on the lake … is it a boat, a plane … it's neither. It’s the “hoverwing”, a hovercraft that flies. New Zealand mechanic Rudy Heeman spent more than 11 years of his spare time (and tens of ...
October 21, 2004 Over land, water, ice or snow - the hovercraft offers a cost-effective, multi-purpose vehicle for recreation and transportation with the thrill of travelling on air. And now Universal ...
FLYING DUTCHMAN: Rudy Heeman tests his home-built hovercraft above Nelson Haven, reaching speeds of up to 98kmh. . Photo: MARION VAN DIJK / Nelson Mail Rudy Heeman chose Nelson Haven as a testing ...
The Cold War-era Soviet ekranoplan--Russian for "sea skimmer"--was one of the most ridiculously awesome high-speed cargo-movers ever devised. Capable of carring 544 metric tons (that's 2.4 million ...
Bill Zang will fly low Wednesday above the Rock River in one of the Hoverwing vehicles his young Rockford company makes while a crew for MTV films for an episode of a new comedy stunt show. Zang, ...
Kiwi backyard inventor Rudy Heeman is NZ$27,500 richer after his latest creation - the hoverwing, went under the virtual hammer on New Zealand auction site TradeMe. The unassuming Nelson mechanic sold ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results