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The Orlyonok was designed as a transport and a beach assault vehicle. Unlike other Soviet Ekranoplan designs, the Orlyonok was amphibious and was equipped with wheels for beaching and land based takeoffs. Orlyonok's development was preceded by the SM-6; a prototype ekranoplan which had the same module layout as the Orlyonok.
Ekranoplan A-90 Orlyonok. A ground-effect vehicle (GEV), also called a wing-in-ground-effect (WIGE or WIG), ground-effect craft/machine (GEM), wingship, flarecraft, surface effect vehicle or ekranoplan (Russian: экранопла́н – "screenglider"), is a vehicle that is able to move over the surface by gaining support from the reactions of the air against the surface of the earth or water.
Lun-class ekranoplan - Only GEV to be used as a warship; A-90 Orlyonok - Amphibious transport GEV; Beriev Be-2500 - Proposed heavy transport GEV; Aqualet - New 2011 Russian development of Ground Effect Vehicle; Chaika A-050 < "A-050 Chaika-2". globalsecurity.org; А-300-538; A-080-752
A-90 Orlyonok in Moscow. In 1962, Alexeyev began working at the Central Hydrofoil Design Bureau which specialized in the secret development of ground-effect vehicles , named ekranoplans . In the 1950s the Soviet Union saw a great interest in ground-effect vehicles, which at the time were largely ignored by the rest of the world, and had been ...
This design bureau has been designing hydrofoils, air cushion craft, and air cavity vessels for many years. It designed and manufactured several designs for wing-in-ground-effect vehicles, including the 400-ton Lun-class ekranoplan, 140-ton A-90 Orlyonok, and 20-ton Utka. [1]
A-90 Orlyonok; А-300-538; K. Caspian Sea Monster; L. Lun-class ekranoplan; S. Spasatel This page was last edited on 19 November 2024, at 07:38 ...
A-90 Orlyonok, a Soviet model of Ekranoplan; A90 road, a road connecting Edinburgh and Fraserburgh (both in Scotland) A90 TRACON, an FAA Air Traffic Control facility in Merrimack, NH; Austin A90 motor car, either the Austin Atlantic or Austin Westminster; Autostrada A90, the orbital motorway that encircles Rome
ACHDB A-90 Orlyonok; ACHDB Lun-class ekranoplan; ACHDB Utka [11] Acier. Acier monoplane [7] ACLA (Aero Consult Light Aircraft) AC Sirocco NG; Acme. see Sierradyne.