Word: hydrofoil
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...m.p.h.; electronically controlled auto or bus highway systems; "ground and surface effects machines'"-that is, vehicles that ride on a cushion of air over land or water; improvement of helicopter services and development of VTOL aircraft (vertical take-off-and-landing craft"); and improvement of high-speed hydrofoil boats...
With reference to the article "Ferry on Skis" [June 22], I want to draw your attention to some misstatements about who really deserves the credit for the design and the development of the hydrofoil boats built by the Rodriquez Shipyard in Messina, Italy, under a license agreement of Supramar Ltd. The indisputable merit for the invention and the design of hydrofoil boats of the "Schertel-Sachsenberg System" goes to Baron von Schertel-by the way, a grandson of the founder of the Schaefer Brewery in New York. Since World War II, all patent rights belong to Supramar Ltd., which...
...Herr Loebau, the engineer mentioned in your article, who is employed by the Rodriquez Shipyard. A capable and versatile engineer, Herr Loebau actually had no part in the original design of the boats in question. Neither had Signer Rodriquez, who, however, has rendered a great service in introducing the hydrofoil boat in commercial operation...
Volga Boatmen. Rodriquez' success has spawned numerous competitors. The Russians, despite Lobau, now have a 150-passenger hydrofoil plying the Volga...
Grumman's Denison, which is 32 tons heavier than the PT 50 and designed to go twice as fast, is expected to be the forerunner of 80-knot hydrofoils capable of coping with open ocean. This August Boeing will launch a hydrofoil subchaser for the U.S. Navy...