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Watch: Futuristic 'flying boat' looks to revolutionise ocean travel

March 3, 2018

A "flying-boat" powered by a V8 engine which soars up to 7 metres above the oceans surface is hoping to change the way people travel between islands.

The futuristic looking AirFish 8 is a wing-in-ground (WIG) vessel developed by the Singapore based company Wigetworks to ferry passengers between islands in a faster more cost efficient manner.

The vessel is powered by a standard V8 car engine, running on 95 octane petrol and is capable of travelling up to 482 kilometres.

It's also extremely quick, hitting speeds of up to 196km/h, nearly four times faster than a typical island hopping ferry.

The AirFish 8 can transport up to eight passengers and Wigetworks hopes to have them in operation later this year. 

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