After being abandoned for decades, the Lun-Class Ekranoplan faces a new life as museum. The history of the “Caspian Sea Monster” as CIA called it, or KM (Korabl Maket, which in Russian means Ship-prototype, the original name), starts in the 1960’s when the Soviet Union experimented with ground effect vehicles, basically, airplane-like vehicles that fly only…
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Zero Emission Planes
Within the last fifty years,global pollution and climate change had become one of the most important determinants in the aerospace industry (along with security). In fair terms, with more efficient planes, higher BPR engines and fewer of them in each plane, we can declare that our industryis walking in the correct path.
What was wrong with the 737Max?
The plane that costs millions of dollars to Boeing has received authorization again. As some of you may have noticed, Boeing’s crown jewel, the 737Max, is again on the skies. The past 18 of November, the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) finally revoked this plane’s prohibition to fly since March of 2019 after two fatal accidents,…