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Author:	breanach78 [ Sun Aug 07, 2011 2:03 pm ]
Post subject:	Russian Top Secret Aircraft? Boat or Plane?
More youTube wanderings http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlEt0bCe ... re=related

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Author:	happy_chapie [ Sun Aug 07, 2011 3:11 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Russian Top Secret Aircraft? Boat or Plane?
It's a Ekranoplan. There was a tv program about it a few years ago. I think it was called something like the "Caspian sea monster" or similar.

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Author:	Sharkmouth [ Mon Aug 08, 2011 12:40 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Russian Top Secret Aircraft? Boat or Plane?
It's successor, the "Lun", is stored at Kaspiysk on the Caspian Sea. Use Google Maps and you can clearly see it in the harbour.

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Author:	Driver8 [ Mon Aug 08, 2011 11:04 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Russian Top Secret Aircraft? Boat or Plane?
Vostok Europe make a watch named after the Ekranoplan - http://www.russia2all.com/vostok-europe ... 43201.html

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Author:	jerhal [ Mon Aug 08, 2011 4:12 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Russian Top Secret Aircraft? Boat or Plane?
It what is called a Wing in Ground Effect (WIG) vessel. Faster than a ship because it travels out of the water. It can carry a bigger load than an airplane as it only flies within the ground effect giving it a greater lift capacity than if it floew out of the ground effect.

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Author:	ryanlb [ Tue Aug 16, 2011 12:19 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Russian Top Secret Aircraft? Boat or Plane?
Top comment on YouTube pretty much sums it up: "That thing looks like a water batmobile." LOL. But yeah, not surprised the Russians made something cool like this. Their experimental vehicles, especially in the Soviet era, were pretty neat.

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