HYDROFOIL -- FOILBORNE, U.S. NAVY HYDROFOIL DEVELOPMENT, Ray Vellinga edited video

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The Video: Unbelievably huge Navy ships on wings of steel fly faster and smoother. The history of hydrofoils is included. This is 10 minutes of serious hydrofoil flying.

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[theacemaverick]

Great video thanks for uploading !

[c9ari]

I love this video... I hope we get see some more in the years to come. Sort of like the flying wing and the B2

[BeerMoneyLive]

when the guy started talking i thought i was playing Fallout 3 again

[mad4diesel]

I'm surprised the U.S navy doesn't have a fleet of these already nuclear powered, could have curbed the over spending they do now for fueling their fleet, and they could be on station a lot quicker anywhere on 70% of the earth.. I wouldn't doubt that the Russian hydrofoil ferries they use now where initially developed as troop and weapons carriers.

[rantonsky1]

Great video!!!

[carnadero]

A boat like the USS Tucumcari would have been an ideal craft for combating the piracy problem in the ocean off Somalia. 

[dick107s]

So you like Hydrofoils I see. Well do you also like Musicals. If so check out "Hydrofoil - The Musical".

It tells the journey of one mans quest to become foil-borne

[Xigano1]

Very nice !

Do you have clips from the Canadian HMCS Bras d'Or (FHE 400) ?

It's a very sexy hydrofoil, but sadly I can't find any videos where it is at sea :(.

[cdsida]

I like how the destroyer in the beginning is in like 40 ft waves, and the hydrofoil in less than 10 ft.

[trackhoe23]

@frequentfiler As far as I know the Plainview is still there, but as time goes by there's less and less of her. There's another one, I think it's the High Point, tied up at Tongue Point in Astoria. I saw her close up a few years ago and I think she had the foils removed. I think I heard some time ago someone had plans to restore her. We'll see.