Winged luxury submarines 'fly' underwater

PropBet · Mar 11, 2009

I want one!

Winged luxury submarines 'fly' underwater

Most people have had dreams of flying. Graham Hawkes had dreams of flying -- underwater.

Hawkes has been in the business of building underwater craft for more than a decade. In the early days, his company, Hawkes Ocean Technologies, built vehicles for researchers and moviemakers.

But in the past few years, the ultrarich have increasingly looked for cool playthings for their ocean adventures.

What better toy to have on the end of your 200-foot yacht than a submarine capable of diving to 1,500 feet below the sea's surface?
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More (including video) found here:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/03/06/eod.luxury.submarines/index.html

Opcn · Mar 23, 2009

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/graham_hawkes_flies_through_the_ocean.html

TED trumps CNN

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Winged luxury submarines 'fly' underwater

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