Tuesday, March 9, 2010

The Ekranoplan






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Ekranoplan KM
by heydrich

These planes/boats are so awesome its silly. The Russians are well known for their less than conventional approach to things. The Ekranoplan is a aircraft that kinda floats on its own speed generated air cushion, its a great concept that unfortunatly had its limitations mainly in the form of investment and interest from Soviet politicians. Although this is a Russian documentary its worth watching even if you do not understand the language, The images are stunning and the imagination of the engineers shines.


wow here it is on google maps!
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thanks to karl coyner for showing me this.

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