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Not only airplanes. Airships: Russia continues with "UFO program" over Lenin's birthplace

Ulyanovsk, Russia - Five-year plan to develop a "Flying saucer" that can carry 600 tons or 11 thousand passengers

Russia has launched a program to build a powerful, multi-purpose airship that will certainly cause many UFO reports. This time, though, the words “Flying saucer” are not inappropriate at all. The first such aerostate is officially named "Aerostatic thermoballasted vehicle": simply "Locomoskyner", after its manufacturer LocomoSky. A prototype flying saucer (presented at "MAKS 2009 air show") was...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1120562
Rome, Italy, 09/10/2010 13:37
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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