Brody wrote: ↑Sat Aug 29, 2020 6:32 pm An absolutely stunning photo montage of the Ekranoplan........inside and out. Fucking fascinating war machine!!!!!!!!!!

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So, basically, it's a jet propelled catamaran that never gets more than a few feet above the water, thus avoiding radar, and sneaks up on aircraft carriers and launches missiles at them from close range. Is that correct?

Those Russians are sneaky fuc***s

Phnom Poon wrote: ↑Thu Aug 27, 2020 11:40 am The Potentially Revolutionary Celera 500L Officially Breaks Cover

That's a very interesting aircraft. $328 an hour operating cost is very cheap for it's peformance. How many passengers can it carry and can you stand up and walk around in it?

And how does one engine (a bit of worry really) and one propeller manage to get it to 450mph?

USSR Mil-V12, the largest helicopter ever built

Kamov-Skrzhinsky A-7 Autogyro used in the Winter War in Finland.

Gotta keep that crosswind correction in.

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F-14 Tomcat with engines removed

The tailless Vought F7U-1 Cutlass launches for the first time from the aircraft carrier USS Midway, 25 July 1951.