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Of note is the canopy, two helmets, and air refueling slipway markings painted on the underside of the lead aircraft. First hand experience with those type of markings is they work well and cause you to delay or not initiate a maneuver due to what appears to be an imminent collision.
Only Bartini. Beriev had no connection to the project - he left his position as chief designer in 1968 and was replaced by Konstantinov. The aircraft was assembled at the Taganrog plant, where Beriev aircraft (designed when Beriev was chief designer) were manufactured, but the design bureau headed by Konstantinov was mainly engaged in preparing the engineering documentation for the VVA-14.Batini Beriev VVA-14 1970
Roberto Oros di Bartini always thought big, and the VVA-14 was just a step toward projects like this one:In the 1970s the Soviet Union developed a vertical take-off amphibious aircraft called the VVA-14, which could take off from water or land, and fly at great speed for prolonged distances.
it listed in a russian Aviation site as I posted it....Thankyou.Only Bartini. Beriev had no connection to the project - he left his position as chief designer in 1968 and was replaced by Konstantinov. The aircraft was assembled at the Taganrog plant, where Beriev aircraft (designed when Beriev was chief designer) were manufactured, but the design bureau headed by Konstantinov was mainly engaged in preparing the engineering documentation for the VVA-14.
Roberto Oros di Bartini always thought big, and the VVA-14 was just a step toward projects like this one:
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