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Historic Photographs (Original Post) g00dfella Jan 2015 OP
This message was self-deleted by its author g00dfella Jan 2015 #1
Thank you oldandhappy Jan 2015 #2
thx g00dfella Jan 2015 #5
The Russians sure came up with some innovative aircraft designs. n/t oneshooter Jan 2015 #3
MD-160+KM Ekranoplan g00dfella Jan 2015 #4

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g00dfella

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4. MD-160+KM Ekranoplan
Mon Jan 26, 2015, 01:16 PM
Jan 2015

They are actually not aircrafts at all. They are Ground effect vehicles (GEV's), although they might look similar and/or have related technical characteristics, ground effect vehicles are not aircraft, seaplanes, hovercraft, or hydrofoils - ground effect is a separate technology altogether.

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