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    Image of Michael_GR Michael_GR
    11/09/09

    In reply to The Nazi UFO-Fighting Soviet Megaplane That Never Was
    Just to clear up something, while the Kalinin K-7 is real, the rendering in the images does NOT reflect the actual airplane. It's an imaginary plane based on the look of the K-7, but which is about twice as large as the actual K-7 on every dimension. The real thing had 3 engines on each wing while this one has 8, and there were definitely no fixed, large bore cannons mounted on the top or on the twin pontoons (which had two wheels each, not six pairs). #kalinink7
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    Image of Geoffrey Clouser Geoffrey Clouser
    11/09/09

    In reply to The Nazi UFO-Fighting Soviet Megaplane That Never Was
    Looks like one of the planes from Venus Wars #kalinink7
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    Image of strideo strideo
    11/10/09

    @Geoffrey Clouser: Oh, it kind of does!

    I love Venus Wars. #kalinink7
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    Image of cletar cletar
    11/09/09

    In reply to The Nazi UFO-Fighting Soviet Megaplane That Never Was
    It looks like the planes from "Shape of Things to Come." #kalinink7
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    Image of TheOrtega TheOrtega
    11/09/09

    In reply to The Nazi UFO-Fighting Soviet Megaplane That Never Was
    How much fuel and runway(besides water) would be needed to keep this thing operational? How could they ever think this type of plane would work? #kalinink7
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    Image of joetato joetato
    11/09/09

    @TheOrtega: It has wings. They are Russian. Therefor: It will fly. #kalinink7
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    11/09/09

    In reply to The Nazi UFO-Fighting Soviet Megaplane That Never Was
    It's Strategic Bomber Lover Guilio Douhet's ultimate wet dream come to life.

    Nice idea, but highly impractical based on the actual history. Bf-109s and FW-190s would have made short work of something this big and slow. #kalinink7
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    11/09/09

    In reply to The Nazi UFO-Fighting Soviet Megaplane That Never Was
    I don't know if this behemoth would be much of a match against the Vril antigravity technology appropriated by the Nazis. Perhaps the if the K-7 was piloted by psychic dog heads kept alive in tanks.
    Hmmm. Yes, that makes more sense. #kalinink7
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    11/09/09

    @Grey_Area:
    Or Yuri the Psychic from Red Alert #kalinink7
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    Image of Jeremy Tapsell Jeremy Tapsell
    11/09/09

    @Grey_Area: Only if they were commanded by a hardened veteran two headed dog. #kalinink7
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    Image of cletar cletar
    11/09/09

    @Grey_Area: It's too big, though--you'd need too many dog heads. You'd be better off using a robot with a gorilla's brain--or better yet, a criminal's brain--as a pilot. #kalinink7
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    11/09/09

    @cletar: You mean the ones from Wings Over the World, headquartered in Basra?
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    11/09/09

    @cletar: Excellent. Somebody get this man a research grant, pronto! #kalinink7
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