thee russian "ekranoplan", classic or dud?

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classic! look at those ENGINES!

― el sabor de gene (yournullfame), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 12:44 (nineteen years ago) link

mmmm ekranoplan, my previous placement student and I spent a week working out whether we could build one on the roof once. obv it wouldn't be able to go very far

― Porkpie (porkpie), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 12:44 (nineteen years ago) link

They had one with cruise missiles for hunting US carrier groups during armageddon

PS - YAY

― Whiskeytown Littlecock (ex machina), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 12:45 (nineteen years ago) link

there are satellite pictures of the hyowge one half built somewhere on the net. I wish I could remember where :o(

― Porkpie (porkpie), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 12:46 (nineteen years ago) link

http://www.se-technology.com/wig/html/main.php?open=hist&code=0

spy photos

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/row/rus/903.htm

missile launcher

― Whiskeytown Littlecock (ex machina), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 12:50 (nineteen years ago) link

PS - I know my new SOLO NOISE NAME

― Whiskeytown Littlecock (ex machina), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 12:52 (nineteen years ago) link

"Apart from the interior the Spasatel is currently finished and is waiting in a factory in Nizhny Novgorod for some money to finish it. The Spasatel is designed to locate and rescue people at sea from ships, aircraft or oil rigs and platforms. It can transport up to 150 people, but it can hold up to 500 rescued people."

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 12:56 (nineteen years ago) link

Totally classic of course. I love that the dreaded KM was nicknamed the "Caspian Sea Monster"

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 14:49 (nineteen years ago) link

Another site here: http://members.lycos.co.uk/aerospace21/ekranoplans/

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 14:51 (nineteen years ago) link

what were they thinking?

― cºzen (Cozen), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 17:02 (nineteen years ago) link

classic, obv.

― cºzen (Cozen), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 17:02 (nineteen years ago) link

It's cool, but it's got nothing on the Chance Vought V-173, or "Flying Flapjack."

http://www.aerofiles.com/vot-v173.jpg

http://www.mozeyoninn.com/Ginter/NAVAL/NF21.jpg

http://www.mindspring.com/~jaytee/images/pic50.jpg