"Ukraine Coaxes Its Ancient, Giant Seaplanes Back ..." Topic
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| Tango01 | 19 Sep 2014 10:32 p.m. PST |
,,,Into the Air. "The Soviet Union designed the Beriev Be-12 seaplane in the late 1950s to hunt NATO submarines. Improving enemy air defenses doomed the slow, ungainly amphibian in that role, so it switched to patrol and search and rescue. When the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991, Ukraine inherited a handful of the 32-ton seaplanes. But Kiev could never afford to maintain the increasingly geriatric patrollers—especially considering what saltwater does to metal. But it was the Russian invasion of Crimea in the spring of 2014 that really did in the Ukrainian seaplane force. And it was Russian … largess—for lack of a better term—that helped Kiev coax one Beriev back into the air…" link Full article here
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| John the OFM | 20 Sep 2014 7:39 a.m. PST |
That should turn the tide. |
| Mardaddy | 20 Sep 2014 8:46 a.m. PST |
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| Great War Ace | 20 Sep 2014 8:54 a.m. PST |
No way would I go up in one of those. That was my immediate impression on looking at the photo…. |
| HammerHead | 20 Sep 2014 9:15 a.m. PST |
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| Lion in the Stars | 20 Sep 2014 10:04 a.m. PST |
I'm amazed that beast is still keeping water out of the hull… Years of neglect like that, it's probably faster and cheaper to rebuild than repair. |
| Deadone | 20 Sep 2014 3:04 p.m. PST |
Waste of cash that would be better spent on bringing back some more of the mothballed Su-25/-25/MiG-29S or T-64/-80 back to service. |
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wants to know if you can tell the difference between weaker and stronger magnets with 3mm aircraft.