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Offline TomSea

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The Wildest Rides Of The U.S.S.R.
« on: April 22, 2018, 09:28:15 am »
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The Wildest Rides Of The U.S.S.R.
By Amos Chapple



3. The Sever-2 Aerosled

What might be the world’s funkiest-looking “aerosled” was created in 1959 when Soviet engineers bolted the engine from a Yak-12 airplane onto the back of a GAZ M20 sedan, then fitted the craft with Teflon-coated skis.

But for all the Sever-2’s hot-rod swagger, it had a pretty boring job.

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5. The Mil V-12 Helicopter

Looking like a praying mantis in a permanent threat display, the world’s biggest helicopter was rolled out of the Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant in 1968.

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Read more at: https://www.rferl.org/a/the-strangest-vehicles-created-in-the-soviet-union/29156817.html

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« Reply #1 on: April 22, 2018, 11:06:48 am »
Great article. Going to pass it along to one of my ex-Soviet coworkers.

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Re: The Wildest Rides Of The U.S.S.R.
« Reply #2 on: April 22, 2018, 11:14:15 pm »
In case you're wondering how they got the idea for that rail car with the jet engines on top, it wasn't "original":

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2565715/Train-built-1966-using-two-jet-engines-fastest-locomotive-America.html

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« Reply #3 on: April 23, 2018, 01:43:39 am »
I can't believe this didn't make the list: