Originally Posted by
skridlov
Now the "Caspian Sea Monster" Ekranoplans is a different matter. I'd pay for a trip round the bay on that.
Sad that the hovercraft, which did work, comes out second in line to a ride on the ekranoplan which didn't, although the monster certainly won on sheer weirdness.
The trouble with preserving these things is, I suspect not only money but their size. They are simply huge and I very much doubt you'd ever manage to get one to Cosford or Duxford. Someone needs to find not only a stack of cash but a suitable acreage of land accessible from the sea via a sloping beach - and that assumes they are still operable which I haven't seen stated so far. They'd be unlikely to come apart into roadable size bits so how the heck would you shift them?
56 X 23 metres and 300T laden weight. (The area of 5 tennis courts)