The VVA-14 was designed by Hungarian-born designer Robert Bartini in answer to a perceived requirement to destroy United States Navy Polaris missile submarines. The final aircraft was retired in 1987.

2023年9月24日 · The Bartini Beriev VVA-14 was a unique amphibious aircraft designed during the Cold War to counter a certain threat. With its 14 engines and unconventional design, the VVA-14 could reach speeds of up to 472 miles per hour. Despite its groundbreaking features, the VVA-14 never entered active service.

2019年5月24日 · In the 1970s, a unique amphibian aircraft Bartini-Beriev VVA-14 was created for the defense of the borders of the Soviet Union. It was created for vertical takeoff and landing, but had the ability to take off and land both on water and like an ordinary aircraft.

2021年1月26日 · Bartini Beriev VVA-14: The only surviving prototype of this unusual Soviet-era airplane, is currently sitting in pieces at Russia's Central Air Force Museum after suffering looting and...

2025年1月24日 · In the 1960s, Soviet engineer Robert Bartini envisioned an aircraft unlike anything else—a flying machine that could take off vertically, skim across water, and detect submarines. The result was...

The VVA-14 was designed by Robert Bartini in answer to a perceived requirement by the Russians to destroy United States Navy Polaris missile submarines. The aircraft needs just THREE persons crew, which is very little for the gigantic aircraft!

2022年9月29日 · VVA-14 was designed to carry and deploy torpedoes, bombs and mines. Astonishingly, the imposing craft required only a crew of three—a pilot, navigator and weapons officer. VVA-14 had a service ceiling of approximately 30,000 feet.

2018年1月12日 · The Soviet Union’s Bartini Beriev VVA-14, a vertical take-off amphibious aircraft, was quite an innovation. Developed during the 1970s, this bizarre-looking aircraft was designed for defensive purposes against U.S. nuclear submarines.

2015年10月9日 · In the 1970s the Soviet Union developed a vertical take-off amphibious aircraft called the VVA-14, which could take off from water or land, and fly at great speed for prolonged distances. The design also allowed the aircraft to fly just above the water’s surface by means of an ‘aerodynamic cushion’.

2023年8月23日 · This is the Bartini-Beriev VVA-14, a Soviet prototype built in the 1970s and intended to perform an unusual task for an aircraft: hunting down US nuclear submarines.