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Seagliders' 35-minute trips to Auckland closer with $145m deal (www.nzherald.co.nz)

submitted 6 months ago by Ilovethebomb to c/offtopic

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I'm pretty sceptical about ground effect planes, there's a very good reason why they've never really taken off, despite so many countries and organisations giving them a try over the years, but I'd love to know what everyone else thinks.

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[–] Cypher@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Better not use these if there’s any significant waves around… 10 metres above sea level is not as safe as you might think.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue_wave