Russian "Caspian sea monster" news

[old iron]

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/caspian-sea-monster-ekranoplan/index.html

[Lon Moer]

Beached on the western shores of the Caspian Sea, it looks like a colossal aquatic beast -- a bizarre creation more at home in the deep than above the waves. It certainly doesn't look like something that could ever fly.
But fly it did -- albeit a long time ago.
After lying dormant for more than three decades, the Caspian Sea Monster has been on the move again. One of the most eye-catching flying machines ever built, it's completing what could be its final journey.
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"Lun" will be the star of Derbent's planned Patriot Park, a military museum and theme park that will display different sorts of Soviet and Russian military equipment.
Construction of the park is expected to start later in 2020. For the time being, Lun will sit alone on the beach.
It looks set to become a new highlight for visitors to Derbent. The city claims to be the oldest continuously inhabited settlement in Russian territory. Its citadel and historical center have been designated by UNESCO as World Heritage Sites.

[marine air]

It’s so ugly it makes me itch. It’s uglier than “homemade sin in a Russian winter.”

[Spitty]

Good its been finally pulled ashore.The tide had been giving it a good hiding and knocked a hole in her hull.
A couple of people had snuck aboard and taken some stunning pics from the inside not long ago.

[maradamx3]

For a split second I was hoping this was about raising the KM (Caspian Sea Monster) that sank back in 1980. This will be a cool exhibit if it comes to fruition.

[steve dickey]

But no pic of the sleeping guard!?!

https://www.rferl.org/a/photographer-sneaks-inside-the-legendary-soviet-ekranoplan/30777774.html

[old iron]

Another interesting video, on CNN today:

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/caspian-sea-monster-ekranoplan/index.html

[Randy Haskin]

Not to be pedantic, but that thing is not the "Caspian Sea Monster."

This is:

[L-188]

Wouldn't that be cool at Oshkosh? imagine slapping your license on the bar and having "single and multi engine sea/EKRANOPLANE"
on it.

[Michel Lemieux]

Great video on this subject! Cheers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVdH_dYlVB8