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Name that "thing"...

Schnugg

Schnugg

It's gettin' a bit dramatic 'round here...
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What is it? Where is it? and Why is it?




If anyone knows...I have some more dead giveaway pics of this that you'll really like.

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G
 
Buran.

aka Soviet Space Shuttle.

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Seems to be missing the two turbojets they added for flight testing. Interesting note, the first Buran test flight was totally unmanned. That is one big UAV.
 
I've never seen a closeup pic of Buran's engines...
but from What I've seen from old Propaganda posters I kinda had a feeling that they were all funky looking.

The thruster pods on the sides were a bit of a giveaway, though....
 
The big giveaway was the rusty junkyard it's sitting in ..... ahhhhh, Gladnost and Perestroika and the Worker's Paradise .... :)
 
OK, here is another entry for you all to discuss. And it is USN to boot, not some damn Russki.

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Had to work hard to find pics that did not name it. :icon_wink
 
"Flying Flapjack" ... can't remember the designation ... it was going to be a fighter ???

Where was the first pix taken, BTW.... ???
 
SteveG75 said:
the first Buran test flight was totally unmanned. That is one big UAV.
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The first one? It only ever flew once. Undoubtedly the world's most expensive pig on a stick.

Brett
 
Fly Navy said:
THat one looks like it has jets on it as well.
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Nope, two air intakes for the radial engines that then powered the propellors via shaft drive.
 
Correct. It is the Space Shuttlski.
I have some more pics I'll post on Sunday that give a real unique look at it. And will reveal where it is. Pics are at work...and our weekend is Fri/Sat here in the gulf...so Sunday it is.
Cheers,
G
 
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