Now that's an airplane. That would make a radar man sit up and take notice.�
Built in�Russia during the 1930s, it flew 11 times before crashing and killing 15 people.�
The designer,� Konstantin Kalinin, wanted to build two more planes but the project was� scrapped.�
Later, Stalin had Kalinin� executed.�
Evidently, it was not� good to fail on an expensive project under Stalin.�
It's got propellers on the back of the wings, too. You can count 12 engines facing front.�
The size� would be equivalent to the Empire State Building on� its side, with� cannons.�
And you think the 747 was big... not only a bunch of engines but check out the cannons the thing was carrying.�
In the 1930s the Russian army was obsessed by the idea of creating huge planes.�
At that time they were proposed to have as many propellers as possible to help carrying those huge flying fortresses into the air, jet propulsion has not been implemented yet.�
Not many photos were saved from those times because of the high secrecy levels of such projects and because a lot of time has already passed.�
Still, on the attached photos you can see� one such plane - a heavy bomber K-7.
Built in�Russia during the 1930s, it flew 11 times before crashing and killing 15 people.�
The designer,� Konstantin Kalinin, wanted to build two more planes but the project was� scrapped.�
Later, Stalin had Kalinin� executed.�
Evidently, it was not� good to fail on an expensive project under Stalin.�
It's got propellers on the back of the wings, too. You can count 12 engines facing front.�
The size� would be equivalent to the Empire State Building on� its side, with� cannons.�
And you think the 747 was big... not only a bunch of engines but check out the cannons the thing was carrying.�
In the 1930s the Russian army was obsessed by the idea of creating huge planes.�
At that time they were proposed to have as many propellers as possible to help carrying those huge flying fortresses into the air, jet propulsion has not been implemented yet.�
Not many photos were saved from those times because of the high secrecy levels of such projects and because a lot of time has already passed.�
Still, on the attached photos you can see� one such plane - a heavy bomber K-7.
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