David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
8/2/20 7:11 p.m.

This showed up in my Twitter over the weekend.

After years in port, the Lun will be on display

 

Have we discussed ekranoplans before? 

 

EvanB (Forum Supporter)
EvanB (Forum Supporter) MegaDork
8/2/20 7:45 p.m.
David S. Wallens said:

 

Have we discussed ekranoplans before? 

 

Probably, and we should definitely do it again.

Duke
Duke MegaDork
8/2/20 8:27 p.m.

I heart Sovietski stuff, and especially the over-the-top-crazy stuff like the ekranoplans. 
 

1SlowVW
1SlowVW HalfDork
8/2/20 8:58 p.m.

Caspian Sea Monster ! 
 

What a machine. 

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
8/2/20 10:10 p.m.
Keith Tanner
Keith Tanner MegaDork
8/2/20 10:37 p.m.

Awesome! That thing has just been sitting, and that's a shame for something so insane.

You can see the previous resting place on Google maps.

A great urban exploration style look at it here: https://igor113.livejournal.com/51213.html 

And inside. https://igor113.livejournal.com/1374055.html 

ShawneeCreek (Forum Supporter)
ShawneeCreek (Forum Supporter) HalfDork
8/3/20 9:12 a.m.

Huh. That's really interesting. I learned something new today, thanks.

z31maniac
z31maniac MegaDork
8/3/20 10:20 a.m.

These are wild. Never knew these existed.

sleepyhead the buffalo
sleepyhead the buffalo Mod Squad
8/4/20 6:20 a.m.

I've actually been thinking of late that an WIGE/ekranoplan might be the ideal personal world-travel device

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