And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
That looks like serious surface rust, but according to Wikipedia the hull is entirely duraluminum. Maybe just degraded paint? In which case it’s restorable,
Reminds me of the guy in Klamath Falls building his plywood submarine back in 70's, He even showed us where the stereo was going to be, it was a bonus when he broke the resin and put another coat on it. I shit you not.
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DeleteHerbert's Hovercraft?
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Sweet piece of Russian engineering during the USSR period.
looked russki to me what with their ground effect craft, etc.
DeleteI don't know what it is, but I sure want one now.
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DeleteSchweet!! I see a Bayou blaster.
ReplyDeleteThat looks like serious surface rust, but according to Wikipedia the hull is entirely duraluminum. Maybe just degraded paint? In which case it’s restorable,
ReplyDeleteVery nice, but is it full of eels?
ReplyDeleteLove the reference but how many will understand?
DeleteI will not buy this hovercraft, it is scratched.
DeleteBouncy, bouncy!
DeleteDrop your panties Sir William, I cannot wait 'til lunchtime.
DeleteMy nipples explode with excitement.
DeleteReminds me of the guy in Klamath Falls building his plywood submarine back in 70's, He even showed us where the stereo was going to be, it was a bonus when he broke the resin and put another coat on it.
ReplyDeleteI shit you not.
https://hymanltd.com/vehicles/7504-1970-tupolev-a-3-aerosledge/
ReplyDeletegot some good rubber left on it...
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ReplyDeleteA-3 Aerosledge
Builders
Tupolev Design Bureau
Operators
Soviet Union
Completed
Over 800
General characteristics
Type
Aerosled
Tonnage
1,779 lbs
Length
13 feet 2 inches
Beam
7 feet
Height
4 feet 5 inches (cabin)
Draft
2 inches
Propulsion
1 AI-14R five-cylinder radial engine producing 260 horsepower and driving a single 6 foot 2 inch twin-bladed propeller
Speed
74.6 mph (snow), 40.4 mph (water)
Capacity
1,433 lbs (snow) 661 lbs (water)
Troops
4
Crew
1
Thank you! Information is always appreciated.
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