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    wing-in-ground-effect (WIG), ground-effect craft, wingship, flarecraft or ekranoplan (Russian: экранопла́н – "screenglider"), is a vehicle that is able to...
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    48°22′44″E / 41.94067°N 48.37885°E / 41.94067; 48.37885 The Lun-class ekranoplan (Soviet classification: Project 903) is the only ground effect vehicle...
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    a version of the KM. The 2016 PC game Soviet Monsters: Ekranoplans features several ekranoplans, including the KM. In the James Bond continuation novel...
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    A-90 Orlyonok (category Ekranoplans)
    The A-90 Orlyonok (Russian: Орлёнок, English: "Eaglet") is a Soviet ekranoplan that was designed by Rostislav Evgenievich Alexeyev of the Central Hydrofoil...
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  • Liberty Lifter (category Ekranoplans)
    that uses the ground-effect to travel long distances. Unlike Soviet-era ekranoplan designs, the Liberty Lifter aircraft is expected to operate in moderate...
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  • Ekranoplan is the second studio album by American psychedelic rock band Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound, released in March 2007 on Tee Pee Records. "Ekranoplan"...
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  • 400-ton Lun-class ekranoplan, 140-ton A-90 Orlyonok, and 20-ton Utka. А-080-752 Spasatel А-300-538 A-90 Orlyonok Lun-class ekranoplan Utka "Russian Defense...
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    mid-1950s, Bartini became involved in ground-effect vehicles, named ekranoplans, which the Soviet government developed a great interest in. The extensive...
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  • А-300-538 (category Ekranoplans)
    company, JSC Alekseyev Central Hydrofoil Design Bureau, for a double decker ekranoplan with a maximum takeoff weight of 350 metric tons and a payload of 64 metric...
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    Spasatel (category Ekranoplans)
    was intended to serve as the missile carrier of the project Lun-class ekranoplan, but was then converted into an ambulance craft. Following the collapse...
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