Walter
I think airplane in the front just gave birth.....ain't it?
on 2006-Feb-22 00:44:46 Anonymous coward said
Richo
Looks like Burt Rutan's Space Ship One crossed with a domestic appliance. George Lucas' props department probably have this picture on the office wall.
on 2006-Mar-31 21:28:08 Anonymous coward said
Ian G
That's just the front section, the kite was actually HUGE! A sub hunting amphibian.
on 2007-Feb-12 17:00:01 Anonymous coward said
duckboy
The ussr couldn't just copy a grumman duck, they had to double it and mate it to their copy of a b-29.
on 2007-Jun-11 23:06:11 Anonymous coward said
Ped Ant
It's a 14M1P.
http://www.beriev.com/eng/photos2_e.html
on 2007-Jul-23 13:51:40 Anonymous coward said
kidney24 uk
Oh R2 D2 it is you, what have they done to you
for all the thick nuts out there, the wings and engines have been removed from this airframe. 14m1p,VTOL amphibian. First flight was made in 1972. (Chief designer Robert L. Bartini)
on 2008-Feb-18 16:26:26 Anonymous coward said
mike
It's EKRANOPLAIN. It's USSR product. It was like flying ship. You should see "Caspian See Monster".
on 2008-Mar-26 03:27:43 Anonymous coward said
Shizz
Get us out of here Chewie!!!
on 2010-Dec-20 13:00:31 spinproctor said
What happened when the USSR finally decided to let function follow form.
on 2011-Mar-19 15:04:17 you said
thats (was) an aircraft on the side you can see the roots of a wing
on 2011-Nov-15 12:49:47 Jay said
It doesn't "fly" per say, it rides a high pressure zone trapped between the wing and the ground/water. check out the Caspian Sea Monster. Wing in Ground effect