[tcrlaf]

Aviation tards are going to love this.

An "Ekranoplane" is a "plane" that flies in ground effect. Meaning that it floats along over water (and sometimes it can work on land) on a cushion of air produced by the aerodynamic interaction between the wings and the surface of the water.

They can go very fast, and carry very heavy loads doing this, sometimes a much larger load than an aircraft of the same size.

There are several dozen of these things lying around in various states of disrepair from the Caspian to the Black Sea and Baltic, and it wouldn't take much to make them serviceable again.

The talk is that they will be used for a passenger and cargo service to Crimea. The Azov Sea is fairly calm, and seems like it would be perfect for this.

[tcrlaf]

Orlyonok Beriev A-42PE Albatros Lun-class Nuclear/Cruise Missile Carrier

[GeronL]

The Azov Sea is fairly calm

Obviously they just need more mines to make things exciting

[GeronL]

The talk is that they will be used for a passenger and cargo service to Crimea

Military passenger and caro

[Rodamala]

“Aviation tard” ping...

[edpc]

Meaning that it floats along over water (and sometimes it can work on land) on a cushion of air....

Sounds like the perfect vessel for the Aral Sea....or what's left of it.