Ekranoplans!
I love these things. For those who know not, they were aeroplane / boat / hovercraft things developed by Russia back in the black and white days.
Like most soviet technology, they are absolutely enormous and look utterly terrifying in a menacingly industrial yet ghostly sort of way.
They never really took off (pun intended) because they had a habit of exploding.
Video editing here is rather grating, but some fascinating footage.
(, Thu 29 Jan 2009, 16:18, Reply)
These are cool
James May did a feature on his show not long ago. Otherwise I'd never heard of them.
(, Thu 29 Jan 2009, 16:21, Reply)