Amazing & Intresting Caspian Sea Monster
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The Soviets had in common with pulp sci-fi editors and popular science magazines a love of gigantism that the GEV's lifting power fit right into and from the late '50s to the early '80s they strove to develop various versions of GEVs that could be used as monster troop transports or cruise missile launchers. They tooled about the Caspian, trying various wing designs, jet engines, and the like, but a disastrous crash in 1980 and general slow programme progress caused the Kremlin to turn its attention to the more urgent task of losing the Cold War.Amazingly, the problem with the KM Ekranoplan was that it was too small. It may have been a monster, but the Ekranplan actually wasn't big enough for the ground effect to really work. For that you need a machine that isn't just monstrous, you need one that is downright humongous. At least, that is the reasoning of the Boeing Company, which has been developing what it calls the Pelican. This is a turboprop-driven military transport with a 500 ft wingspan and is designed to carry 1300 tons of cargo over a distance of up to 10,000 nautical miles. At an altitude of 20 ft.       Source: davidszondy.com  CREATELINKTOWARDSTHISARTICLE PREVIEWQUOTE
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