Pictures of Ekranoplan (Project 903 Lun)

[jpm1]

http://www.moscowtopnews.com/?area=postView&id=886

[Vekkinho]

http://www.moscowtopnews.com/?area=postView&id=886

 

They say it was used in Kaspian and Black Sea region, where from did they operate in Black Sea,

 

Sevastopol, Novorossiysk or Gelenzhik?

[jpm1]

They say it was used in Kaspian and Black Sea region, where from did they operate in Black Sea,

 

Sevastopol, Novorossiysk or Gelenzhik?

 

seems there were two types of ekranoplans the A-90 (a transport) and the Lun-class (fitted with missiles) . don't know for the A-90 but a Lun-class (the only one ever in service) has been affected to the black see fleet so there is strong to bet it was in Sevastopol or accessorily at Odessa

 

i have a scoop for you guys : airliners.net mystery is ... an ekranoplan it's a VVA-14

 

link

Edited March 14, 2010 by jpm1
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[Vekkinho]

Perhaps JJ Alfa could explain ekranoplanes in Soviet Navy?!

[Wilde]

There was at least a third type. In the Western world it is only known as "Caspian Sea Monster". It was similar to the Lun, but it wasn't a missile plattform. Supposedly it was a cargo plane, probably for "amphibious" attacks. Rumors say it could have lifted up to 1'000 tons (including its own weight of some 500 tons).

 

Check this link for pics and videos.

[Vekkinho]

There was at least a third type. In the Western world it is only known as "Caspian Sea Monster". It was similar to the Lun, but it wasn't a missile plattform. Supposedly it was a cargo plane, probably for "amphibious" attacks. Rumors say it could have lifted up to 1'000 tons (including its own weight of some 500 tons).

 

Check this link for pics and videos.

 

Great link, thatnks 4 sharing!

[jpm1]

good article (with nice pics) . i learned that Ekranoplans can go on ice equally

[mikoyan]

good article (with nice pics) . i learned that Ekranoplans can go on ice equally

 

Cool machine but sad for all the people that work on that project, there is an interview of the tespilot of this machine and he is living on a pension of less than 80 dollars, he is very ill, but the worst thing is that the project was so secret that was not able to live like a normal person; he says that the project took his life an youth away... very sad.

[jpm1]

Cool machine but sad for all the people that work on that project, there is an interview of the tespilot of this machine and he is living on a pension of less than 80 dollars, he is very ill, but the worst thing is that the project was so secret that was not able to live like a normal person; he says that the project took his life an youth away... very sad.

 

All wars are sad even for such ones that didn't happened like the cold war . The soldier sacrifice is valuable but sometimes the price is high

 

i found a video showing a missile launch

(3:34)

[4c Hajduk Veljko]

Russia revives Caspian Sea Monster

[mikoyan]

Russia revives Caspian Sea Monster

 

If that is true the should call the people who worked on the original project, at least that would give them a decent job. What are they going to use the ekranoplane for? as a ferry? I imagine this machine crossing from Dover to Calais that would be like the ultimate chip! something like a concord of the sea.

[mig29movt]

MAKS 2009, the LUN thing seems to be a passenger version...