Mr.AircraftEngineer on Instagram: "The Lun-class ekranoplan is one of the most unusual and daring creations of Soviet engineering. It was born during the Cold W*r, when the USSR was searching for ways to counter American aircraft carrier groups. The idea was to build a combat machine that combined the speed of an airplane with the payload capacity of a ship, while remaining practically invisible to radar. The “Lun” appeared a giant 73 meters long and weighing almost 400 tons. From the outside it