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28th September 2008 - Link Blog

James May's Big Ideas: Come Fly with Me (via) The BBC made an hour-long documentary on Ekranoplans! It’s available for the next 21 days on the iPlayer (UK residents only).

Posted 28th September 2008 at 11:07 pm

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