An air taxi that floats: Regent’s Seaglider takes flight with people on board

The vessel can fly over water at high speeds.

The inaugural crewed flight lasted just 30 seconds but produced “an incredible amount of data,” he said.

It flew 1,956 feet at a height of 33 feet above the water, according to a press release.

It floats like other boats at low speeds, transitions to hydrofoils beyond the dock and flies a short distance above the water at higher speeds.

The Seaglider uses hydrofoils, which act as an underwater wing that lifts the vessel out of the water at a certain speed.