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If it's ugly it's British, if it's weird it's French. If it's ugly AND weird, it's Russian.
Tim
The bastards stole Howard Hughes' notebook.
Casca
It was also one of the worst kept secrets ... ever.
Back in the day, almost every frikkin' orientation briefing ever given at the appropriate security level used a pic of "the Caspian Sea Monster" and it always got a snicker.
You just discovered the Ekranoplane?
Welcome to the late 1990's ...
They were primarily designed to be anti-ship missile platforms.
Although sorta stealthy, they would have been sitting ducks for real aircraft.
Sorta stealthy? Whell hail, you could radar track that "flying SAM site" as it crossed the horizon with your car`s poo-leese radar detector---ina aluminium snow storm on the entire East Coast!
Fi,
Col Jerry USMC(ret.)
F-18 driver emeritis
Teh Porch butler/cupcakes
I think PS and/or PM magazine ran articles about ground effect craft a long time ago, not sure when but 70's I think. There's at least one on the market now to anyone. They have advantages of being able to carry much more than an airplane of the same size and travel far faster than a ship, with no runways needed. Do a search on youtube for "ground effect" to see some in action.
AWM
Ground effect is the tendency of air to build up a dense cushion between the wings and ground when it can't get out of the way faster than it's being pushed together. It helps planes take off and land like a skier skims on water. This affect appears when a plane is at a height less than its wingspan.
It's argued that the Spruce Goose never truly flew and didn't earn the title of largest flying craft. It never got high enough to get out of the helpful ground effect and may not have been able to.
AWM
Stealthy? Moving Target Indicator and is a 60's radar technology.
It was, however, a huge threat to all US Navy operations in the Caspian Sea.