So you like strange aircraft?
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MrWeiler
, Jan 28 2011 04:10 AM
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Posted 28 January 2011 - 04:10 AM
"TANSTAAFL" (There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.)
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Posted 28 January 2011 - 04:20 AM
Quite a monster
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Posted 28 January 2011 - 09:36 AM
I did a story here about the Soviet Ekranoplan a few years ago. They are of course NOT aircraft, but ground-effect vehicles "flying" about 20 feet off the surface of the ocean over a cushion of air compressed by the very presence and speed of the boat, that lifts from the water at about 50 MPH. The Soviets planned a US invasion using 400 of them because they would "fly" under the radar and the attack would have been a complete surprise. Each of the vessels could hold several tanks and up to 400 soldiers...
The civilian applications of the Ekranoplan are quite wide in Russia today.
The civilian applications of the Ekranoplan are quite wide in Russia today.
Philippe de Lespinay
