Comments on: Ekranoplans http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/08/13/ekranoplans/ Why bother seeing the world for real? Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:08:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: anthony http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/08/13/ekranoplans/#comment-146476 anthony Tue, 12 Jun 2007 09:40:45 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/08/13/ekranoplans/#comment-146476 As far as i know the visible planes are smaller versions, the KM Caspian Sea Monster was a single plane built by the soviet union that crashed in 1980. This plane, although obviously different to regular aircraft, was one of the largest planes ever built. It was about 100 feet *longer* than the new Airbus A380 and could lift about 1,000 tons. http://www.globalaircraft.org/50_largest.htm As far as i know the visible planes are smaller versions, the KM Caspian Sea Monster was a single plane built by the soviet union that crashed in 1980. This plane, although obviously different to regular aircraft, was one of the largest planes ever built. It was about 100 feet *longer* than the new Airbus A380 and could lift about 1,000 tons. http://www.globalaircraft.org/50_largest.htm

]]> By: Mous http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/08/13/ekranoplans/#comment-43363 Mous Fri, 18 Aug 2006 23:00:33 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/08/13/ekranoplans/#comment-43363 Hey Guys, I just lived 18 years of my life nearby this planes in city Makhachkala on the Caspian Shore and had no idea about them,Waw! I'm really excited to see them now, maybe i'll have a chance to visit them when i get back to home country! Hey Guys,
I just lived 18 years of my life nearby this planes in city Makhachkala on the Caspian Shore and had no idea about them,Waw!
I’m really excited to see them now, maybe i’ll have a chance to visit them when i get back to home country!

]]> By: Al Cohole http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/08/13/ekranoplans/#comment-43358 Al Cohole Fri, 18 Aug 2006 22:10:27 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/08/13/ekranoplans/#comment-43358 Oh, I should have read the full entry at Wikipedia. Thank you. :-) But the planes would have been scrapped anyway after the collapse of the Soviet Union. ;-) Oh, I should have read the full entry at Wikipedia.
Thank you. :-)

But the planes would have been scrapped anyway after the collapse of the Soviet Union. ;-)

]]> By: Lee http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/08/13/ekranoplans/#comment-43211 Lee Thu, 17 Aug 2006 15:48:09 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/08/13/ekranoplans/#comment-43211 Actually, it wouldn't. Sorry, my bad. "Marshal Ustinov died in 1985, and the new Minister of Defence Marshal Sokolov effectively ceased the funding for the program." Actually, it wouldn’t. Sorry, my bad.
“Marshal Ustinov died in 1985, and the new Minister of Defence Marshal Sokolov effectively ceased the funding for the program.”

]]> By: Lee http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/08/13/ekranoplans/#comment-43210 Lee Thu, 17 Aug 2006 15:44:56 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/08/13/ekranoplans/#comment-43210 Aha, that would be why. Thank you =] Aha, that would be why. Thank you =]

]]> By: Al Cohole http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/08/13/ekranoplans/#comment-43027 Al Cohole Wed, 16 Aug 2006 16:52:15 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/08/13/ekranoplans/#comment-43027 Lee, I guess they were scrapped for the same reason as almost everything in the Soviet Union was scrapped: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collapse_of_the_Soviet_Union ;-) Lee,
I guess they were scrapped for the same reason as almost everything in the Soviet Union was scrapped:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collapse_of_the_Soviet_Union
;-)

]]> By: Chris http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/08/13/ekranoplans/#comment-42869 Chris Tue, 15 Aug 2006 18:31:08 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/08/13/ekranoplans/#comment-42869 Those look like hovercraft up and to the right near the beach. Those look like hovercraft up and to the right near the beach.

]]> By: murphy won kenobi http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/08/13/ekranoplans/#comment-42759 murphy won kenobi Tue, 15 Aug 2006 03:12:24 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/08/13/ekranoplans/#comment-42759 more info on the plane itslef: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekranoplan more info on the plane itslef: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekranoplan

]]> By: Lee http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/08/13/ekranoplans/#comment-42651 Lee Mon, 14 Aug 2006 18:30:29 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/08/13/ekranoplans/#comment-42651 They seemed like a good idea, I wonder why they were scrapped? They seemed like a good idea, I wonder why they were scrapped?

]]> By: Alex http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/08/13/ekranoplans/#comment-42587 Alex Mon, 14 Aug 2006 12:46:47 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/08/13/ekranoplans/#comment-42587 Excellent! I didn't know there were <em>two</em> visible... BTW, the wikipedia page you linked to reckons that <a href="http://googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=k&hl=en&ll=42.883008,47.665644&z=18" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">this might be the third (dismantled) Ekranolpan</a>. Excellent! I didn’t know there were two visible…

BTW, the wikipedia page you linked to reckons that this might be the third (dismantled) Ekranolpan.

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