Inside an Ekranoplan.

[Alfachick]

Not sure if this is a repost but I thought a few of you guys might be interested in these pics from inside one of the Ekranoplans.

Enjoy.

http://englishrussia.com/index.php/2010/09/05/ekra...

It looks in remarkably good condition inside.

[CelicaGT]

Very amazing to see what the inside of that odd beast looks like, thanks for this link!

[XJSJohn]

i always thought these things were intended for rapid troop deployment etc, not as a gun platform, there doesn seem to be much space for the bootnecks.

Very cool pictures though!

[bob1179]

That is truely amazing piece of kit. It is such a shame that it will never move again, it should at least go to a museum instead of being left to rot like that.

Russia is full of the most amazing abandoned stuff.

[Nidjit]

That whole website is fascinating. Bang goes productivity today...

[S7Paul]

On the same website, something I'd never seen before:-

http://englishrussia.com/index.php/2010/09/06/a-we...

[Urban Sports]

S7Paul said:

On the same website, something I'd never seen before:-

http://englishrussia.com/index.php/2010/09/06/a-we...

Some film of it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exXwmSZ6S2Q

[john_p]

Are all Soviet-era instrument panels that colour?

[tank slapper]

Most of them are. Apparently it was supposed to reduce pilot eye fatigue and improve instrument contrast.

[dafeller]

Another website explaining the craft:

http://www.artificialowl.net/2008/08/abandonned-wi...

[dafeller]

Another website explaining the craft:

http://www.artificialowl.net/2008/08/abandonned-wi...