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Lun-class ekranoplan (ground effect vehicle) from 1987
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A place for all things cranes, trains, and excavators, and stuff like that.
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There's something to be said for the aesthetic of old Soviet technology. It feels almost surreal, like an engineer's fever dream.
This is like the Endgame of hovercrafts lmao
I love it. It looks like it shouldn't work, but it did and it did it well