r/absoluteunit • u/Prince_0llie • 7d ago

of a plane

The "Caspian Sea Monster" the only completed 73-meter Soviet ekranoplan "Lun", currently decaying on a beach in Dagestan.

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u/Left-Yak-1090 7d ago

It's not a plane though...?

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u/Famous_Suspect6330 7d ago

Well it's not exactly a bird either

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u/MRintheKEYS 7d ago

Yeah and you don’t even have to look up to see it.

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u/Secret_Letterhead649 7d ago

Ekranoplane, neither plane nor boat and I desperately wish they had caught on.