Robert Bartini’s A-2500 was a Soviet ekranoplan aircraft carrier concept built around ground effect, enormous speed, and the ability to launch fighters from a platform skimming above the sea. It was ...

The USSR explored a colossal ground effect vehicle designed to carry and launch an entire two part spacecraft from the open ocean. Building on the legacy of the Caspian Sea Monster and the Lun class, ...

A new ekranoplan, or ground-effect vehicle, design emerging from China was first noted earlier this week. Now a new image offers our first look at the whole airframe. An ekranoplan, derived from the ...