This is one of the weirdest exhibit of the Air Force Museum in Monino, the Moscow Region: a Bartini plane that was turned into an ekranoplan. There is pretty much chances you have never heard of this type of planes "Ekranoplanes". They are unique to Russia and today you'll become a bit more smarter by seeing something truly unique which is a less known part of our civilization.
Sadly the plane today is in a poor condition.
The wings and the empennage are dosmantled, no engines are left. VVA-14 was made on the basis of an amphibian project MVA-62 developed in 1962. The main constructor - R.L. Bartini. Both the amphibian and its creator were quite unusual for their time
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