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Thar Be Sea Monsters!
FromPlane Tales
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Length:
17 minutes
Released:
Jul 28, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
An American analyst poured over a satellite image of a vast and strange aircraft being built on the shore of the Caspian Sea. What was this monster of a machine? The Russians had delved into the world of ground effect vehicles and this is the story.
Images under Creative Commons licence with thanks to Fred Schaerli, the Stock Archives of Soviet Navy, Mike1979Russia, К.Е.Сергеев and Boeing.
Images under Creative Commons licence with thanks to Fred Schaerli, the Stock Archives of Soviet Navy, Mike1979Russia, К.Е.Сергеев and Boeing.
Released:
Jul 28, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
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