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China carries out test flight of world's first maritime ground-effect vehicle
(www.chinadailyhk.com)
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Arguably the Spruce Goose was an (unintentional) ground effect vehicle because its one flight didn't leave the ground affect regime.
But the USSR made tons of cool ground effect vehicles.