On May 13, 5:35*pm, Wayne.B wrote:
This video of the UH-18SPW Hoverwing™ has really got me going:

http://www.hovercraft.com/content/me...erwing_wmv.wmv

Has anyone here had any experience with something like this? *Do they
get licensed as a boat, aircraft, or not at all? *What is the
difficulty of learning how to operate it? *What are the major safety
issues? *What kind of seas can you negotiate?

Let me rummage around, I've seen an article or two about the
hoverwing.