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Plan views of the A-90 Orlyonik Ecranoplan.

Don Davis

@ddavisspaceart.bsky.social

5 Sept

I have to hand it to the Soviets, they came up with some novel aircraft designs.

Nick Stevens

@nick-stevens.com

6 Sept

Frequently by approaching all design issues with "Make it bigger" and "Add more engines"

Pedro Nunes

@pedronunes.net

6 Sept

Wait, what. This is a real thing? I first thought it was AI generated.

Nick Stevens

@nick-stevens.com

Some more photos. I read that they are restoring a LUN for a museum. Ecranoplan are basically ground effect vehicles, a cross between a plane and a hovercraft.

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Mike Byrne

@diskono.bsky.social

6 Sept

Straight out of Thunderbirds