This popped up on facebook, its a wonder it ever took off.
Seriously! The Kalinin K-7 bomber actually took to the air!!!! - WAR HISTORY ONLINE
Seriously! The Kalinin K-7 bomber actually took to the air!!!! - WAR HISTORY ONLINE
Mother of all planes
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Terry Oxandale
Skinny Man
I am in awe. Seems the Ruskies like their planes to be big...really big.
+1...but it would have to be a 'movie', would it not? :lipsrsealed:
'Mebbe' the Rooski plane actually did get airborne...who knows...none of us were there. But, 'real world' I just can't see that HULK ever getting airborne - even with all its engines at full throttle charging down a 20-mile-long runway at the end of which was a veeery taaaaaaaaaaaaaall cliff.
(There's a diff twingst "flying" and "falling" remember...)
Terry Oxandale
Skinny Man
The first two "photos" are computer renditions. The next page's photos actually look real. Considering some of the past behemoths that they've made, this seem plausible.
Real: Kalinin K-7 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Just not successful................
And the Italians were not to be left behind: Caproni Ca.60 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Just not successful................
And the Italians were not to be left behind: Caproni Ca.60 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
They do make some butt ugly planes.
Russian Lun ekranoplan - front with engine pods - a photo on Flickriver
Russian Lun ekranoplan - front with engine pods - a photo on Flickriver
Al, not really an "airplane" but a "ground effect" flying boat. And yes, the Ruskies do some strange items.
Jim Rosenthal
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Three of the ugliest aircraft I have ever seen. The Spruce Goose looks positively debonair by comparison. No pun intended.
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