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Revisiting the Ekranoplan KM

In which the decadent West has a lot of fun playing with a vehicle originally developed by the Soviets–which didn’t really work in the way they wanted, because all it wants to do is fly instead of skim just above the ground/water. There’s possibly a metaphor in that….

Goes pretty well with Bill’s “The Cold War” series, especially as the gentleman in the video wears a pin reading “Communism Sucks” and points out that the problem with communism as a system is that it works great on paper and falls apart when put into practice. Just like the Ekranoplan.

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Glad you enjoyed it! Don’t have many people IRL who are interested in geeking out over aviation with me, so it’s nice to have someplace like this to share it. 😀

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