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 FBIS Concatenated Daily Reports, 1992
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 Classification:   UNCLASSIFIED       Status:       [STATJ
 Document Date:    04 Jan 92          Category:     [CAT]
 Report Type:      Daily Report       Report Date:
 Report Number:    FBIS-SOV-92-003    UDC Number:
 Headline:  Tests Conducted on New `Thermoplane' Airship
 Source Line:  LD0401121492 Moscow TASS in English 1135 GMT 4 Jan 92
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 1.  [Text] Moscow January 4 TASS-A new flying machine, called a
 thermoplane has been constructed by designers of the Moscow Aviation
 Institute, MOSKOVSKAYA PRAVDA newspaper reported today. This. unusual
 airship, outwardly resembling a flying saucer, is intended to be used
 for ecologically sound highly effective technologies in the field of
 superblock construction, for control and remote exploration of the
 environment and in large scale life-saving operations.
 2.  According to experts the fuel and economic efficiency of the
 thermoplane will exceed that of an aeroplane by five to seven times,
 two to three times for an automobile, and can be compared with
 seagoing vessels up to 20 thousand tonnes displacement. Tests on the
 thermoplane are being conducted in Ulyanovsk aviation industrial
 complex (Volga region).                                   _
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