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Posted on 20/11/22 3:27:08 PM |
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GKB
Magical Montagist Posts: 3723 Reply  |
First Contact
You may not have seen the recent reports of aliens landing in spaceships but I happened to be passing my village green and captured this image. Extra points to anyone who can identify the (real) flying machine used as the spaceship.  _________________  |
Posted on 21/11/22 2:49:17 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 4936 Reply  |
Re: First Contact
What fun! And absolutely no idea as to the origin ........ _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 24/11/22 09:33:11 AM |
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GKB
Magical Montagist Posts: 3723 Reply |
Re: First Contact
The aircraft in the image is a Bartini Beriev VVA14. It was designed by Italian Robert Bartini and built by the Beriev company in Russia to a Soviet requirement for an anti-submarine aircraft. It uses a particular aerodynamic effect called the 'Wing-in-Ground Effect' enabling it to fly very close to the surface at high speed. The Soviets referred to this kind of aircraft as an 'Ekranoplan'. Unlike many other WIG machines it could climb to a high altitude for more efficient transits to and from an operational area. The original had four turbojet engines with two of them being sited either side of the nose just behind the cockpit. I removed those for better aesthetic reasons. Only two aircraft were ever built with the machine below being on show in a rather dilapidated state at the Monino Museum east of Moscow. 
_________________ Have you ever noticed that all the instruments designed to detect intelligent life are pointing away from the Earth? |
Posted on 24/11/22 4:32:29 PM |
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GKB
Magical Montagist Posts: 3723 Reply |
Re: First Contact
Cruising past Saturn  _________________ If at first you don't succeed then skydiving is not for you. |
Posted on 25/11/22 07:26:54 AM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 6835 Reply  |
Re: First Contact
That's a really bizarre plane! I like your montages, too. |
Posted on 25/11/22 11:28:08 AM |
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Frank
Eager Beaver Posts: 1576 Reply  |
Re: First Contact
As Steve said . Excellent work Gordon. Looks alien. |