Method to enable a ground effect machine to leap over obstacles

Claim 1

IN A GROUND EFFECT MACHINE HAVING A PRIMARY POWER SUPPLY THAT PRODUCES HOT GASES AND DIRECTS THEM INTO ONE CHANNEL MEANS AND THE PRODUCES AIR FLOW IN ANOTHER CHANNEL MEANS HAVING AN AIR OUTLET SUBSTANTIALLY BENEATH THE MACHINE, AND ADAPTED TO HOVER OVER A SURFACE SUCH AS LAND OR WATER ON A CUSHION OF AIR RETAINED BY A FLUID CURTAIN AT LEAST PARTLY SUPPLIED THROUGH SAID AIR OUTLET, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING: A HEAT EXCHANGER, A WATER SUPPLY COMMUNICATING THROUGH INPUT DUCTING WITH SAID HEAT EXCHANGER, MEANS FOR PUMPING WATER FROM SAID WATER SUPPLY THROUGH SAID INPUT DUCTING TO SAID CHAMBER, A SCOOP MOUNTED ON SAID GROUND EFFECTS MACHINE AND ADAPTED TO SELECTIVELY DIRECT THE HOT EXHAUST GASES FROM SAID PRIMARY POWER SUPPLY TO SAID HEAT EXCHANGER TO CONVERT A PREDETERMINED QUANTITY OF SAID WATER INTO HIGH PRESSURE STEAM BY BEING CONSTRUCTED AND ARRANGED TO BE ALTERNATIVELY DISPOSED IN AN OPERATIVE MODE AND AN INOPERATIVE MODE, IN ONLY THE FORMER OF WHICH SAID HOT GASES ARE BOTH CAPTURED BY SAID SCOOP AND PASS THROUGH SAID SCOOP TO SAID HEAT EXCHANGER, AN OUTPUT DUCTING FROM