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The apparatus is a ground effect ship utilizing a wing-hull to support a passenger cabin piggyback style. Each one of the wing-hull segment includes a pontoon member that, in turn, includes a turbine unit of dual use, either compressing water or air, so as to eject a quantity of water or air for gen

The apparatus is a ground effect ship utilizing a wing-hull to support a passenger cabin piggyback style. Each one of the wing-hull segment includes a pontoon member that, in turn, includes a turbine unit of dual use, either compressing water or air, so as to eject a quantity of water or air for generating a coefficient of drag for slowing one part of the apparatus down for maneuving. In a like manner the apparatus includes a plurality of wingvalve elements that draw ambinet air upwardly and conduit that air into a primary airstream so that a coefficient of turbulence induced drag reduces the lift on one wing-hull segment of the apparatus with the result that the apparatus biases a pontoon on the water while elevating another pontoon into the air, substantially parallel with the water's surface. This mode of operation is sailing-flight.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A Ground-Effect Ship wherein at least one pontoon member is biased against the water's surface as the Ground-Effect Ship is in sailing-flight operation, comprising:a wing-hull,the wing-hull including at least two wing-hull segments, at least one of the wing-hull segments

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A Ground-Effect Ship wherein at least one pontoon member is biased against the water's surface as the Ground-Effect Ship is in sailing-flight operation, comprising:a wing-hull,the wing-hull including at least two wing-hull segments, at least one of the wing-hull segments depending downwardly from a longitudinal axis of wing-hull bifurcation,at least two pontoon members, the pontoon members disposed to the outer reaches of the wing-hull segments,a passenger cabin, the passenger cabin disposed above and substantially centered over the wing-hull longitudinal axis of bifurcation,a venturi member, the venturi member depending from the wing-hull, the venturi member including a engine, a means for airflow pressure drop, and a yaw rudder element,each one of the wing-hull segments including at least one wingvalve element disposed within a conduit element,each one of the conduit elements extending from the wingvalve element to the venturi member,as a wingvalve element actuates a coefficient of airflow turbulence is generated under at least one wing-hull segment,the coefficient of airflow turbulence generates a coefficient of negative lift on the wing-hull segment so that at least one pontoon member, attached to the outer reaches of the wing-hull segment, drop down to and is biased against the water's surface, as at least one pontoon member is biased against the water's surface a coefficient of drag is induced on the pontoom member, and,as the coefficient of drag is induced on the pontoon member the yaw rudder is actuated to deflect airflow off of the engine's propeller so as to trim the Ground-Effect Ship in sailing-flight operation.