Thursday 1 April 2010

want!


"This type of vehicle called in Russian ekranoplan uses so called ground effect - extra lift of large wings when in proximity to the surface. For this reason they have been designed to travel at a maximum of three meters above the sea [...] It is also interesting to note that this aircraft is one of the largest ever built, with a length of 73,8 meters (comparing with 73 of Airbus A380)."

more info here. don't miss page 3 of pictures....

http://englishrussia.com/index.php/2010/03/12/ekranoplan/

thanks Felix!

1 comment:

  1. "Boeing have developed plans for one that can move (for example) 17 US main battle tanks at once"

    Yay, it's called the Pelican, I believe:

    http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Boeing+Pelican

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