China's Ekranoplan Program Takes Shape with Turboprop-Powered Flying Boat

China's Ekranoplan program just got a fascinating update: new photos reveal a turboprop-powered flying boat design, contradicting earlier reports of a jet-powered behemoth. This changes the game in terms of acoustic signature, fuel consumption, and operating capabilities.

https://osintsights.com/chinas-ekranoplan-program-takes-shape-with-turboprop-powered-flying-boat?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#Ekranoplan #TurboproppoweredFlyingBoat #China #Aviation #EmergingTechnologies

Das Kaspisches Seemonster war ein sowjetischer #Ekranoplan, ein Gefährt, das knapp über der Wasseroberfläche flog. Mit einer max. Abflugmasse von ca. 550 t war es eines der schwersten Fluggeräte überhaupt.

#Eureka #Quiz

https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/KM_(Ekranoplan)

RE: https://social.ahlroos.me/@yle_fi_bot/115560933161453379

Assuming DeepL is not lying to me, apparently ekranoplans were invented in Finland! Unfortunately, the Wikipedia article doesn't mention this
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground-effect_vehicle

#ekranoplan #aircraft #aerospace #technology

#strudel appreciation toot. That's all, that's the toot  

https://strudel.cc

#spider #crumpets #ekranoplan #tetrapod

It's Book Quote Wednesday and the word is ZIP. An ekranoplan called SAUCY SUE is zipping across the Indian Ocean to Mombasa, entry point to the African megacity of Ken-Tan-Moz. #bookqw #spaceopera #ekranoplan https://www.benjeapes.com/index.php/phoenicias-worlds/

Hear me read a longer extract at benjeapes.substack.com.

OK, it’s finally time for me to tell my “Monino story,” as I promised @nyrath. This is a good one.

Many years ago, my friend @sevensixfive – being obsessed with #ekranoplans, as all normal people are – posted an image he’d captured from Google Earth, of what sure as heckity looked like the mortal remains of a Beriev VVA-14 #ekranoplan. Here, you can go see it for yourself: https://maps.app.goo.gl/Q55kJQqrABLJWXx77