by expat » Mon Mar 15, 2010 4:49 am
I came across
this website today. It is a walk around of the Caspian Sea Monster. It is in Russian, but it is possible to translate the site if you Google website translation and then paste the address. Some very interesting pictures. A few years ago they would have got you a nice long stay in a very cold corner of the USSR with your respective government saying, "John Doe who???" If you translate the site it does say that this one is being/going to be refurbished with parts from the second one. New engines have already been obtained. At 400 tons, it is a bit OTT, but I do see applications for moving large amounts of
"A bit of a pickle" - British translation: A catastrophically bad situation with potentially fatal consequences.
PETA

People Eating Tasty Animals.
B1 (Cat C) licenced engineer, Boeing 737NG 600/700/800/900 Airbus A318/19/20/21 and Dash8 Q-400
1. Captain, if the problem is not entered into the technical logbook.........then the aircraft does not have a problem.
2. And, if you have time to write the fault on a napkin and attach to it to the yoke.........you have time to write it in the tech log....see point 1.