Not a single plane on this deck still serves, aside form the Hawkeye.
On the one hand Ekranoplans are as fast as slow planes with much more carrying capacity, but on the other they are also as finicky and expensive as planes while only being able to go over water. It’s a very small niche, and i don’t think “efficient” is the word you’re looking for.
I wouldn’t be sure about the shipping costs.....a commercial freighter can transport tens of thousands of tons across the Pacific for a few dozen bucks per ton.
That is FAST for a yacht that size. Wow.
Emphasis on the “you will die” part....
She rots in her mooring in S. Philly.
Does it have a blower?
He missed the opportunity to touch the drone down on the deck so that he can claim for the rest of his life that he's performed a carrier landing.
Woah, woah, woah. MS-13? Isn't that the shorthand for that horrible South American gang, Mara Salvatrucha?