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Old 07-17-2021, 05:52 PM   #41 (permalink)
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At Permalink #3 [above] I pointed toward Burnelli. Now I will add Bartini:



The 5000-ton flying aircraft carrier wouldn't have had retractable wings, though.

Here it is today:


fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartini_Beriev_VVA-14

The wings aren't retracted so much as laying on the ground.

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