[steve86]

Jet turbines are terribly inefficient at sea level. Better convert them to run on Ukie natural gas.

[wetphoenix]

You can use propellers, too.

[tcrlaf]

"Jet turbines are terribly inefficient at sea level." That's part of the beauty of these things, they require a lot less energy to move the payload than an airplane does. Some of the new generation experimental WIG's are quite interesting.