Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. aviation, nautical a ground-effect vehicle
Etymologies
- From the Russian Экраноплан (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The aircraft at 7: 35 is the Lun ekranoplan, which is based on the KM”
“The aircraft at 7: 35 is the Lun ekranoplan, which is based on the”
“The aircraft at 7: 35 is the Lun ekranoplan, which is based on the KM 'Caspian Sea Monster', but smaller.”
“Get that book just for the pleasure of reading how the first cosmonaut Yury Gagarin sets to explore the infinite ocean (every planet in the Universe turned flat, you see) inside a giant "ekranoplan" ground-effect vehicle. (a larger version of this) review: 15-Jan-08 (read in 2007)”
“Choppers start off as improbable objects – add in that Russian air thing think ekranoplan and you get:”
“The aircraft at 1: 23 is the Orlyonok ekranoplan, which as of October 2007 is in the process of being restored for an upcoming Russian aircraft exhibition in Moscow.”
“From the wikipedia article: An ekranoplan (Russian: экранопла́н, literally "screen plane") is a vehicle resembling an aircraft but which operates solely on the principle of ground effect (in Russian эффект экрана effekt ekrana - from which the name derived).”
“Orlyonok ekranoplan, which as of October 2007 is in the process of being restored for an upcoming Russian aircraft exhibition in Moscow.”
“If the wings are in the ground effect zone, the ekranoplan doesn't need as much power to fly.”
“The bigger and heavier the ekranoplan, the more air is forced downward and the stronger the ground effect.”
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