Flying Kiwis

A Wing in Ground Effect thing – someone in NZ has put wings on his hovercraft and controls and such… and

a) got on TV

b) sold it on ebay – for $27,000 which let me tell you people, is bugger all. It’s about 1/2 that in USD.

“The fuel economy is far better than a boat of the same size and speed.It has a range of over 225km and cruises at 90km/hr when flying,and has a smooth ride above the waves!”

And legally, it’s a boat rather than a plane.

Brilliant – and if you hit the water at 90km an hour, you wouldn’t automatically die – assuming you were wearing enough bubble-wrap, or were entirely encased in a safety-zorb or something. That would be cool. You could have zorb-fights.

It was a kiwi bloke who made a cruise-missile in his backyard about 5 years ago as well.

And of course there was Richard Pearse.

Who I will never stop going on about.

My Grandfather used to fly Tiger-Moths. I mainly watch television.