check this crazy thing out, airplane boat

[theizzardking]

sorry the page is russian if you want specs use babblefish


igor113 - ?????????? "????" ?????? 903

some crazy cold war jet boat.....just nuts

 

[broncosi]

thats wild . . .

 

[Slvr RnR]

Holy Spruce Goose! That's just a big flying bullseye.

... you sparked my interest. Found a little info on it. It's called a floatplane.

http://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/detail.asp?aircraft_id=522

Believe it or not but it's design is based on having better fuel economy. It's like the Prius of giant boat planes! (trying to avoid any acceleration jokes)

 

[techno]

Youtube has lots of footage of this thing flying. Search for Project 903 Lun, or Ekranoplan.