Huge Russian Amphib May Fly US Skies

Aero-News.net ^ | Fri, Jun 20 2003 | Editorial from LGI Inc. Press Release

[VOA]

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[Travis McGee]

BIG Chalks.

[wardaddy]

LOL.

....like the little girl calling 9-11 after Andrew to tell them a "big puddy cat" was in her backyard....and it was a mature Black maned male lion from the zoo...lol

[af_vet_rr]

But today, runway space is not so easy to come by near large cities,

Or it's under heavy restrictions by the government and the unions, driving the costs up and the privacy and freedom down.

I would love to see general aviation shift back to the way things were. As it is, I would almost rather drive anywhere than fly these days.

[eniapmot]

Looks like a direct descendent of EkranoplanKM, the "Caspian Sea Monster."

[Prof Engineer]

Navy, er Air Force, er Aviation ping

[adam_az]

They should send one to Arizona right about now as a "test." :(

[kezekiel]

The Russkies design good aircraft, but if they are also responsible for maintaining it, no way I'm getting on board.

[kezekiel]

Back when Carter was president they put some JATO bottles on backwards on the wings of a C-130 to give it short landing capabilities.

I've seen that in action at the El Toro air show, but a Marine C-130 pilot told me that those things put too much stress on the airframe for regular use.

[SevenDaysInMay]

Years ago, these were offered for a test, but our b-cats snubbed them. P-ed off they were. The report I read seemed to hinge on these birds taking on too much water, an environmental damage thing. Nuts when forestfire fighting kills people in blow ups, the perfect situatuion for heavy dumps. These can literally water bomb a site.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

My weird thought of the day.

It is amazing how much logic those thoughts sometimes have.

[19th LA Inf]

Does anyone else remember the Martin P5M? I believe it was the first jet powered flying boat way back in the 50s. As I recall, one of the big problems with it was that of spray getting into the jet engines. Offhand I don't remember which engines were used but they were not turbofans. They were mounted on gull wings, which were a sort of Martin trademark going back to the PBM.

[kennyboy509]

Boeing built one or two for the military to replace the C-130 but it never sold. This was about25 or 30 years ago.

[yankeedame]

I would love to see general aviation shift back to the way things were. As it is, I would almost rather drive anywhere than fly these days

Amen!

[danmar]

My weird thought of the day.

Ain't weird at all, my friend; I am with you 150%, like the plane and the idea.

Long live the free market!

[El Gato]

surplus A-10 Warthogs as "Firehogs".

Why do we have "surplus" A=10s? Seems like not all that many were built in the first place and we need every one of them.

Logistics support has been getting a tad difficult it's true. But that's what happens when you drive the original manufactuter out of business and then drive the replacement to merge with one of it's rivals.

[illumini]

Martin built a supersonic amphibian. Was that the P5?

[whipitgood]

The Russkie jet has a really great retro-fifties look to it. The paint job reminds me of the old United Airlines scheme.

[FreedomCalls]

Did you hear the one about the scuba diver and the water bomber ..... ?

[oceanperch]

Hey how come I had to put in a name and password to enter this thread?

That has never happen in the five years I have been at FR.