Ekranoplans!

Ekranoplan KM
by heydrich

You can almost imagine Gerry Anderson making these things. Awesome, aint they!

I suppose they could do something to replace conventional aviation. I wonder if such an idea could... take off?

Sorry.

Anyway, the reason I've put this up is because there's one in google earth, on the edge of the Caspian Sea, in a place called Kaspiysk.

42°52'54.88"N, 47°39'24.52"E

Here's a piccie...