The Soviet A-90 Orlyonok Ekranoplan is a plane with features that inspire double-takes: short, stubby wings, and a tail with a turboprop in the middle. But what you'd notice more than anything is that ...
The Ekranoplan concept was born in the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War. Its design stemmed from the discovery of the ground effect, a phenomenon in which an aircraft flying close to a ...
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The 750-ton Soviet ekranoplan designed as a flying spaceport
The Soviet Project Sea Launch ekranoplan was proposed as a 750-ton ground-effect aircraft that could carry a spacecraft ...
Chinese ambitions in the South and East China seas, as well as Taiwan, make development of craft like this ekranoplan and the AG600 flying boat an absolute necessity. The first photos of China’s ...
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