Airplane Pics

[wyome]

the six up top were launch tubes for missiles, or maybe torpedoes...

ROSTISLAV ALEXEYEV EKRANOPLAN

This highly-secretive Russian Cold War aircraft began life in the sixties and was uncovered by US intelligence in 1966. Known as the Caspian Sea Monster, the eight-engine 37.6m-wingspan personnel carrier, designed by the Rotislav Alexeyev bureau, used wing in ground effect technology to skim over water, evading enemy radar. Only one example is thought to have entered service.

[HoneyBadger]

the six up top were launch tubes for missiles, or maybe torpedoes...

ROSTISLAV ALEXEYEV EKRANOPLAN

This highly-secretive Russian Cold War aircraft began life in the sixties and was uncovered by US intelligence in 1966. Known as the Caspian Sea Monster, the eight-engine 37.6m-wingspan personnel carrier, designed by the Rotislav Alexeyev bureau, used wing in ground effect technology to skim over water, evading enemy radar. Only one example is thought to have entered service.

Thanks for the good info, I had no idea!

[Irving]

Thanks for the good info, I had no idea!

Why would you? It was "highly secretive!"