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 "name": "Aerocon Dash 1.6 wingship (concept)",
 "kind": "modern",
 "category": "Ground-effect craft",
 "group": "Concept wingships (unbuilt)",
 "year": null,
 "question": "What are the dimensions of the Aerocon Dash 1.6 wingship?",
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  "wing in ground effect",
  "wig craft",
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  "concept wingships (unbuilt)"
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  "aerocon dash 1.6",
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  "notes": [
   "The Dash 1.6 was Aerocon's early-1990s proposal for a 5,000-tonne trans-ocean wingship; it was studied by ARPA but never built.",
   "The file is a 172.52 × 103.63 × 34.14 m box (data from ARPA's Wingship Investigation Vol. 3 via Wikipedia).",
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     "Length",
     "566 ft (172.52 m)"
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     "340 ft (103.63 m)"
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     "Height",
     "112 ft (34.14 m)"
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     "10,000,000 lb (4,500,000 kg)"
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     "20 jet engines, 90,000 lbf (400 kN) each"
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     "Service ceiling",
     "15,000 ft (4,600 m)"
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     "Claimed load",
     "1,500 short tons cargo + 2,000 passengers"
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   "q": "Was the Aerocon Dash 1.6 built?",
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