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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beechcraft_Bonanza
Designed by a team led by Ralph Harmon, the original model 35 Bonanza was the first truly modern high-performance personal aircraft: a very fast, all-metal, low-wing monoplane at a time when most light aircraft were still made of wood and fabric. The model 35 featured retractable landing gear and its signature V-tail (equipped with a combination elevator-rudder called a ruddervator), which made it both highly efficient and the most distinctive private aircraft in the sky. The prototype 35 Bonanza made its first flight on December 22, 1945, with the first production aircraft debuting as 1947 models.
― Ol Bertie Dastard, Saturday, 2 February 2008 21:01 (seventeen years ago)
Hurrah!
― anatol_merklich, Saturday, 2 February 2008 21:15 (seventeen years ago)
very nice looking
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Saturday, 2 February 2008 21:19 (seventeen years ago)
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An ekranoplan is a vehicle resembling an aircraft but which operates solely on the principle of ground effect. Ground effect vehicles (GEV) fly above any flat surface, with the height above ground dependent upon the size of the vehicle. Ekranoplan design was conceived by revolutionary Soviet engineer Rostislav Alexeev.
Militporn youtube vid here
― anatol_merklich, Saturday, 2 February 2008 21:27 (seventeen years ago)
Wasn't there a cruise missile ekranoplan that was designed to strike us carrier groups?
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Saturday, 2 February 2008 21:29 (seventeen years ago)
Yeah I believe that was one of the perceived (on both sides!) reasons for their purported importance; under every airborne radar etc.
On lighter note, the pic here is of the "Caspian Sea Monster" hurrah again!
― anatol_merklich, Saturday, 2 February 2008 21:34 (seventeen years ago)
And immune to submarines!
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Saturday, 2 February 2008 21:38 (seventeen years ago)
Although I guess a submarine launched surface to surface missile could get them
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Saturday, 2 February 2008 21:39 (seventeen years ago)
xp: yes well yes well no because the whole point was surface thing not on surface was mighty unexpected what?
erm thread drift? Can this be official awesome aeroplanes (and similar) from any and all eras thread?
― anatol_merklich, Saturday, 2 February 2008 21:43 (seventeen years ago)
some Thunderbirds shit going on here
― kingfish, Saturday, 2 February 2008 22:10 (seventeen years ago)