Author Topic: Unconventional landing gear  (Read 2070 times)

Offline ChernayaAkula

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Unconventional landing gear
« on: August 10, 2019, 09:04:47 AM »
Didn't really find any other fitting thread, so... yea.


SOURCE
Caption: 34 years ago, on January 21, 1983, an Antonov An-14SH experimental hovercraft performed its maiden flight. It was piloted by test-pilot V. Lysenko and test-engineer V. Mareyev

HERE'S a little more on this, but I figure it's auto-translated and therefore a tad wobbly.
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Offline Rickshaw

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Re: Unconventional landing gear
« Reply #1 on: August 10, 2019, 11:59:24 AM »
The XC8A ACLS was flown 10 years earlier




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Re: Unconventional landing gear
« Reply #2 on: August 11, 2019, 03:14:40 AM »
Speaking of unconventional landing gear:






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Re: Unconventional landing gear
« Reply #3 on: August 11, 2019, 03:29:34 AM »
More:

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All hail the God of Frustration!!!

You can't outrun Death forever.
But you can make the Bastard work for it.