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| Belly Of The Beast: Illicit Photos From Inside The Soviet Ekranoplan |
| 2020-10-22 |
| [RFERL.ORG] A Russian photographer snuck into the world’s only nuclear-capable, ground-effect vehicle and captured rare images of its interior. This summer, Russian urban explorer Lana Sator, 31, read about the ekranoplan being towed by sea to Derbent, a city in Daghestan, where it is due to be moved into a "patriotic park" and put on permanent display. With the ekranoplan lolling in the waves awaiting its final transport to the military theme park, Sator told RFE/RL she booked a last-minute, $150 flight from her base in Moscow to Daghestan............. Just something amusing for a Thursday morning. |
| Posted by:Mullah Richard |
| #5 It's in better shape than I expected. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2020-10-22 17:55 |
| #4 Looks like a 1940's Sci-Fi version of the Spruce Goose. |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2020-10-22 12:58 |
| #3 Soviet MoD couldn't reach an agreement with Starbuckski's to put a coffee shop on B deck... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-10-22 09:45 |
| #2 No hot tub? No wonder they stopped developing it. |
| Posted by: gorb 2020-10-22 09:35 |
| #1 Enough room in those crew spaces to practice your euphonium, or even a sousaphone... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-10-22 09:17 |