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From: bash@ihlpb.att.com (Thomas W Basham)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Soviet Wing-in-Ground Effect Machine?
Keywords: Wing in Ground Effect Machine, Orlan, Soviet
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Date: 17 Jul 90 03:18:22 GMT
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From: bash@ihlpb.att.com (Thomas W Basham)
>From: jfb@ihlpm.att.com (Joseph F Baugher)
> Does anyone who reads sci.military know anything more about "Orlan",
>or even if it actually exists?

I've read [brief] references to it in several places, such as Aviation
Week.  I think there was something about it in Jane's Soviet Intelligence
Review, but I'm not sure.

The first reference I saw stated the plane was primarily for ASW, however,
a year or so ago, when that Soviet sub caught fire in the Atlantic, 
I read that this plane was a naval search/rescue craft and was used in
that rescue operation.  Unfortunately, I don't have a clue where I read this.

I realize there aren't many hard facts here, but it's all that I can
remember off the top of my head.

Tom
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