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Thank you for flying Soviet airline
The Daily Mail ^ | 13 December 2012 | Leon Watson

Posted on 12/13/2012 8:26:18 PM PST by MinorityRepublican

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To: wolficatZ

Can someone more familiar with Cyrillic confirm what I think that says. Aviaarctica?


21 posted on 12/14/2012 6:49:49 AM PST by IYAS9YAS (Rose, there's a Messerschmitt in the kitchen. Clean it up, will ya?)
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To: Rebelbase

My God! Is that monstrosity expected to fly? Did it fly? Battleship turrets on an aircraft seem ridiculous.


22 posted on 12/14/2012 6:50:34 AM PST by EnigmaticAnomaly ("The putrid, metastasizing rot of liberalism consumes only the weak minded.")
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To: EnigmaticAnomaly

I think the turrets are a photoshop.

It was built but crashed after only 7 flights.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalinin_K-7


23 posted on 12/14/2012 9:48:20 AM PST by Rebelbase
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To: onedoug

Exactly. Was everything produced by that country just plain crap?


24 posted on 12/15/2012 8:34:07 AM PST by ops33 (Senior Master Sergeant, USAF (Retired))
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To: ops33

Bttt


25 posted on 12/28/2013 4:19:30 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
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