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Lun-class ekranoplan (ground effect vehicle) from 1987
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I can’t imagine how sweaty my hands would be having to hand fly that monster over water.
One good gust of wind and now you’re trying to swim at 300 miles an hour
Yeah I was watching a video about these things a little bit ago. If I am remembering correctly in rough weather the pilots had to switch every 20-30 minutes due to exhaustion.
Was half the crew pilots?
It never made it out of flight tests. I think they usually had 3 or 4 pilots and a few engineers, plus the designer on board for most tests.