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Squawk7777
11th Jun 2002, 13:57
I read a very interesting article a few years back in a UK flying magazine about the Soviet WIGs. One of them - the Caspian Sea Monster - apparently had a t/o weight of 800 tons.
Does anybody know a website about those WIGs?
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Boss Raptor
11th Jun 2002, 16:21
As above - do a 'Google' search for 'Ekranoplan' - the Hydrofoil/Hydroplane design bureau is still in Novgorod...there are smaller prototype jet Ekranoplans in the Air Force Museum at Moscow Monino and I have seen the Caspian Sea Monster parked up at Makhachakla on the Caspian Sea...the not complete real big one is still in the hanger at Ulyanovsk I believe...
The British TV Channel 4 did a fantastic documentary on the Ekranoplan program about 2 years ago with excellent footage and details...