Early days
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About 1450 |
Leonardo da Vinci observed the birds and designed aircrafts including the first flying boat. |
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1921 |
C. Wieselsberger published in the "magazine for aviation and aeronautics" for the first time findings about the glide ratio for the ground effect. |
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1929 |
Dornier DO X - the world largest aircraft using the ground effect. |
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1961 |
Rostislav Evgeneevitsch Alekseev (Sowjetunion) developed the Ekranoplan - named as the monster of the Baikalsea. |
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1963 - 1971 |
Prof. Dr. Alexander Lippisch developed the X-112. For the first time ther is a wing profile that achieves the necessary flight stability when using the ground effect. X113 and X114 followed. |
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1996 |
Development of a prototype two-seater. The research in the field of hover technology was funded by the German Government. With about 7 million in funding. |
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1997 |
The Hoverwing 2 VT was developed by Hanno Fischer. The prototype 2VT get over 3000 kilometers and demonstrated the suitability of the concept supported by a variety of measurements. |
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2001 |
Under supervision of “Germanischer Lloyd” a ground-effect vehicle were classified. |
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2005 |
Founding of the maritime private equity club through four private family offices for developing wing-in-ground-effect vehicles. |
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2008/2010 |
Renamed in HIGHSHIP INDUSTRIES Ltd a private company with an paid share capital of British Sterling 6,600,000. |
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2011 |
Inauguration of the first training simulator for ground effect vehicles through an Consortium. |