Beriev Be-1
{{Short description|Experimental wing-in-ground-effect aircraft}}
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The Beriev Be-1 was an experimental wing-in-ground-effect aircraft developed in the Soviet Union during the 1960s.
Design and development
In 1956, Robert Ludvigovich Bartini approached the Beriev design bureau with a proposal for a Wing-In-Ground-effect vehicle (WIG). The Be-1 became the first experimental prototype, used for exploring the stability and control of wing-in-ground-effect aircraft.
The Be-1 featured two floats with very low aspect ratio wing sections between them and small normal wing panels extending outside the floats. Surface-piercing hydrofoils were mounted on the underside of the floats. The aircraft was powered by a single Tumansky RU-19 turbojet, mounted above the wing. The Be-1 was also equipped with landing gear. The aircraft was operated between 1961 and 1964. The first flight from water was made in 1964.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ctrl-c.liu.se/misc/ram/be-1.html |title=Beriev Be-1 |access-date=2008-08-10 |archive-date=2016-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303195455/http://www.ctrl-c.liu.se/misc/ram/be-1.html |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.beriev.com/eng/photos1_e.html |title=Beriev Aircraft Company - Photos |access-date=2008-08-10 |archive-date=2013-10-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017065838/http://www.beriev.com/eng/photos1_e.html |url-status=dead }}
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