REGENT, a company specialising in all-electric seagliders, has launched the world’s first full-scale passenger-carrying prototype, Paladin.
The vessel has officially begun sea trials in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island.
This 12-passenger, 55 foot long, and 65 foot wingspan seaglider, known as the Viceroy prototype, is the largest-ever all-electric flying machine.
It is designed to operate in three modes: floating like a boat, rising on hydrofoils, and flying just above...