Beriev VVA-14

wow interesting is a very good word for that plane. Nice find.

bawls327 wrote:

wow interesting is a very good word for that plane. Nice find.

Thanks. I love Cold War Russian experimental aircraft 🙂 😉 I'll look for some others 😉

Wow...

was the design team on crack? Or did they just finish watching Star Wars?

😳

"The VVA-14 was an outstandingly bold concept which very nearly came off. There is little doubt it could have led to a practical verhicle for many oceanic purposes. In the long term all it achieved was to give TANTK-Beriev considerable experience in many new disciplines, especially in challenging avionics and flight-control areas. Such a programme would have almost no chance of being funded today."

the automotive industry and especially motorcycles produce some very innovative and exotic concept vehicles for exactly this purpose, on a regular basis. soley to explore new disciplines and technologies for homolgation into the much more mundane vehicles offered for sale to the general public. it's not hard to imagine the aviation industry occasionally doing this in order to stay abreast of current military and commercial needs. the aircraft you posted was very cool, it makes me wish there was one i could go look at up close somewhere.

I would love to go to Monino 🙂 (Moscow's aircraft museum)..............