Comments by "Mike Black" (@RevMikeBlack) on "Found And Explained" channel.

  1. The ekranoplan was a really cool idea that had no chance of ever working well. It was horribly expensive to operate, maintenance was a nightmare and it only worked well in calm seas. Although it may have been able to evade the RADAR of its era, modern surveillance systems would eat it alive. Having said all that, it was sci-fi cool for sure.
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  2. I wouldn't call the SR-71 the most famous spy plane. It is certainly the most dazzling, but the U2 has far more missions than the SR-71... and it's flying somewhere in the world right this minute.
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  3. It never ceases to amaze me how the Soviets would expend massive resources to solve a problem that didn't really need to be solved. This vehicle and the ekranoplan consumed billions of roubles without accomplishing much at all. That's capitalism for ya!
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  4. Sounds awesome. What could possibly go wrong?
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