[BITList] An Amazing Airplane

[David Harvey]

Another one to check on Snopes Frank

Dave

On 24 October 2011 21:35, franka <franka at iinet.net.au> wrote:

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> *          **The most amazing airplane in History*
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>  The *most amazing airplane in History....For the Airplane Buffs*.
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> Built in Russia during the 1930s, it flew 11 times before crashing and
> killing 15 people.
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> The designer, Konstantin Kalinin, wanted to build two more planes but the
> project was scrapped.
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> Later, Stalin had Kalinin executed.
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> Evidently, it was not good to fail on an expensive project under Stalin.
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> It’s got propellers on the back of the wings, too. You can count 12 engines
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> The size would be equivalent to the Empire State Building on its side, with
> cannons.
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> And you think the 747 was big... not only a bunch of engines but check out
> the cannons the thing was carrying.
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> In the 1930s the Russian army was obsessed by the idea of creating huge
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> At that time they were proposed to have as many propellers as possible to
> help carry those huge flying fortresses into the air, jet propulsion has not
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> Not many photos were saved from those times because of the high secrecy
> levels of such projects and because a lot of time has already passed.
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>  Can you imagine what it would be like sitting in this thing when those
> cannons go off?
> Looks like something out of a Jules Verne novel.
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> <http://www.incredimail.com/?id=619267&did=10500&ppd=2727,201107241502,9,[TypeID],[IM_UPN2]&rui=130560027&sd=20111023>
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