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EKIP
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Would the Russian flying saucer actually work? | EKIP Part 4
Through the 80s and 90s, Lev Nikolayevich Schukin and his team of engineers tried to develop and sell an…
2021-03-26
Secret story of EKIP, the Soviet flying saucer | Part 1
At one point in history there was an aircraft that could take off and land without an airport,…
2021-03-23
How Russians tried to sell a flying saucer | EKIP Part 2
In the late 70s Soviet engineer Lev Nikolayevich Schukin came up with an idea for an aircraft of…
2021-03-20
What is left of the Russian flying saucer? | EKIP Part 3
EKIP was a project to develop an aircraft with some wondrous properties: a saucer-like flying wing that would…
2021-03-20