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"harry" wrote in message ... https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=19...bXIo_t33ZdM%3A reminds me of the film "things to come" ...... |
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On 30/07/2015 19:02, harry wrote:
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=19...bXIo_t33ZdM%3A Apart from the K7 and the Ekranoplan the west had something similar to most of the rest. Nice set of pics though. |
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On 30/07/2015 20:44, newshound wrote:
On 30/07/2015 19:02, harry wrote: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=19...bXIo_t33ZdM%3A Apart from the K7 and the Ekranoplan the west had something similar to most of the rest. Verifiable photographs of the K-7 show a much smaller aircraft, with six tractor engines and one pusher engine, as in the Wikipedia entry. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalinin_K-7 The Tupolev ANT-20 Maxim Gorki was larger: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_ANT-20 The Latécoère 521 was a French attempt to build an aircraft in the 50m wingspan range: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lat%C3%A9co%C3%A8re_521 While Germany built the Do X: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dornier_Do_X A more modest 30m wingspan, but marvellously weird, was the Caproni Ca 60: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caproni_Ca.60 -- Colin Bignell |
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"harry" wrote in message
... https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=19...bXIo_t33ZdM%3A Obviously 1930's with the 'Art Deco' windscreen  Andrew |
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On 30/07/2015 21:14, Nightjar cpb wrote:
On 30/07/2015 20:44, newshound wrote: On 30/07/2015 19:02, harry wrote: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=19...bXIo_t33ZdM%3A Apart from the K7 and the Ekranoplan the west had something similar to most of the rest. Verifiable photographs of the K-7 show a much smaller aircraft, with six tractor engines and one pusher engine, as in the Wikipedia entry. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalinin_K-7 The Tupolev ANT-20 Maxim Gorki was larger: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_ANT-20 The Latécoère 521 was a French attempt to build an aircraft in the 50m wingspan range: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lat%C3%A9co%C3%A8re_521 While Germany built the Do X: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dornier_Do_X A more modest 30m wingspan, but marvellously weird, was the Caproni Ca 60: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caproni_Ca.60 There was a prototype, designed to skim the water surface rather than proper flying. Video clip.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlEt0bCeTy8 |
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On 31/07/2015 15:18, ss wrote:
.... There was a prototype, designed to skim the water surface rather than proper flying. Video clip.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlEt0bCeTy8 The Ekranoplan. By flying at less than the wingspan above the water they took advantage of ground effect. The ground interrupts the formation of wingtip vortices, which results in less drag and more lift. Nasty music on the video though. -- Colin Bignell |
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On Fri, 31 Jul 2015 21:01:57 +0100, Nightjar cpb wrote:
On 31/07/2015 15:18, ss wrote: ... There was a prototype, designed to skim the water surface rather than proper flying. Video clip.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlEt0bCeTy8 The Ekranoplan. By flying at less than the wingspan above the water they took advantage of ground effect. The ground interrupts the formation of wingtip vortices, which results in less drag and more lift. Nasty music on the video though. And here it is: https://goo.gl/Dq21w7 |
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