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China's 'Bohai Sea Monster' craft that can evade enemy radar caught on camera
China has constructed a massive aircraft-ship hybrid, nicknamed the 'Bohai Sea Monster', capable of flying under radar and ...
ZME Science on MSN3d
China Resurrected an Abandoned Soviet ‘Sea Monster’ That’s Part Airplane, Part Hovercraft
Analysts say it marks the largest leap in wing-in-ground effect (WIG) aircraft design since the Cold War, when the Soviet ...
CNN4y
The ‘Caspian Sea Monster,’ a Lun-class Ekranoplan, rises from the grave | CNN - CNN International
The Lun-class Ekranoplan, aka “The Caspian Sea Monster,” is actually both. And now one of the most extraordinary Cold War flying machines ever built is about to enjoy a new lease on life.
RC Test Fight on MSN1d
Optimizing an R?C Ekranoplan (Ep.2)
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China baut neues Spezialflugzeug: "Bohai Sea Monster"
Ein Bild aus China zeigt offenbar ein neues Fluggerät, das nur knapp über dem Wasser fliegt. Es erinnert an sowjetische ...
CNN6y
Caspian Sea Monster: See the Soviets’ 1960s ekranoplan and modern hybrids - CNN
In the late 1960s, the Caspian Sea Monster was a Soviet hybrid of plane and boat (called an ekranoplan). Now a Singaporean company is continuing its legacy with the AirFish ground-effect vehicle.
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Aquila Global Is Bringing Back the Ekranoplan With Its Boat-Aircraft Hybrid Vehicle - Treehugger
After writing the post "Bring Back the Ekranoplan," praising the wonderful former Soviet Union ground effect vehicles, I was contacted by Aquila Global co-founder Timour Maslennikov, who said his ...
Forbes4y
Russian Navy’s Mighty ‘Ekranoplan’ May Have Been Wrecked - Forbes
Ekranoplan is the Russian term for a Wings in Ground Effect (WIG) craft. This is essentially a plane which is designed to fly so low that it benefits from an aerodynamic phenomenon called ground ...
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RC Ekranoplan Uses LIDAR To Fly In Ground Effect - Hackaday
Ekranoplans are a curious class of vehicle; most well known for several Soviet craft designed to operate at sea, flying just above the waves in ground effect. [rctestflight] had accidentally come a… ...
Task & Purpose2y
The Pentagon is developing a seaplane with the cargo capacity of a C-17 - Task & Purpose
An ekranoplan and a flying boat, all in one. The Liberty Lifter isn’t the only new foray into seaplanes. U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command is also working to develop a C-130 with floats ...
CNN6y
Caspian Sea Monster: See the Soviets’ 1960s ekranoplan and modern hybrids - CNN
In the late 1960s, the Caspian Sea Monster was a Soviet hybrid of plane and boat (called an ekranoplan). Now a Singaporean company is continuing its legacy with the AirFish ground-effect vehicle.
CNN4y
The ‘Caspian Sea Monster,’ a Lun-class Ekranoplan, rises from the grave | CNN - CNN International
The ekranoplan that has been moved to Derbent is the only one of its class ever completed and entered service in 1987. A second Lun, unarmed and assigned to rescue and supply missions, ...