From: EvMick@aol.com
>Speaking of which...I've been following the development of WIGS
>(wing in ground effect) craft. Austrailia (Oz?) is in the
>forefront of said development. I wonder if they might do something
>for the isolation? (long haul trucker here...getting kinda bored
>with mere 2,000-3,000 mile trips)
There's a place in Wisconsin that builds these things, they had one at a boat show here in Chicago a few years ago. The idea was to use it for a fast people shuttle around and across Lake Michigan.