Talking of knowing the players, I should have known not to post this before Graeme hit the sack
Possibly the very first WIGE design!
In 1911, Detroit industrialist and boat tycoon Frederick Elliott Wadsworth (1868-1927), built a hydro-aeroplane named the Flying Fish which debuted at the New York Boat Show. The unusual vehicle was designed to skim on top of the water at speeds of up to 65 mph, with the ‘skipper-pilot’ seated in a wicker chair at the rear of its canoe-like hull. The Flying Fish was successfully tested on the ice of Lake St. Clair but no further development occurred.
It is the Michigan Steel Boat Co's Flying Fish (Aka the Wadsworth Flying Fish)
Noyade has (had) Control 
Edit: Graeme has retired to his bed and declared
Open House, sleep well mate! Now I'm back to work, catchya later guys!