[BITList] An Amazing Airplane

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oh no, not another urban legend from frank? [which we have already seen a number of times].
who seems to be really keen on misinforming us about everything from coke to flying machines – reason unknown! [or is a test of our gullibility?]
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From: David Harvey 
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 7:09 PM
To: BitList 
Subject: Re: [BITList] An Amazing Airplane

Another one to check on Snopes Frank 

Dave


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













                        The most amazing airplane in History


              The most amazing airplane in History....For the Airplane Buffs.
                   
              Built in Russia during the 1930s, it flew 11 times before crashing and killing 15 people.

              The designer, Konstantin Kalinin, wanted to build two more planes but the project was scrapped.

              Later, Stalin had Kalinin executed.   

              Evidently, it was not good to fail on an expensive project under Stalin.  

              It’s got propellers on the back of the wings, too. You can count 12 engines facing front.

              The size would be equivalent to the Empire State Building on its side, with cannons.

              And you think the 747 was big... not only a bunch of engines but check out the cannons the thing was carrying.

              In the 1930s the Russian army was obsessed by the idea of creating huge planes.

              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 been implemented yet.

              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.



              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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