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The Bartini A-57 was an experimental Soviet bomber of the mid-1950s that was designed by Robert Ludvigovich Bartini to take off and land on water. The aircraft was never put into production.

Bartini A-57
Role	Strategic bomber Type of aircraft
National origin	Soviet Union
Designer	Robert Ludvigovich Bartini
Status	Cancelled
Number built	None

The A-57 was equipped with a lift jet (similar to VTOL aircraft today) facing downward to assist its take-off from the surface of the ocean. It was intended to refuel from submarines out at sea. The bomber had a long, slender delta wing called the Bartini Wing. A 1500 mph speed was planned. It was tested in wind tunnels, but the project was scrapped in 1957 before actual production could begin. Possibly because the Soviet Government after the launch of Sputnik 1 believed that the new R-7 ICBM made bombers less required and decided the Tu-95 would do and that the A-57 project was too expensive along with the perspective that such an aircraft was not needed.

External links

• Robert Ludvigovich Bartini information in Russian. Retrieved 14-Feb-2005.
• A-57 bomber page on testpilot.ru database for Soviet Aircraft (English)
• A-57 strategic bomber page on ctrl-c.liu.se
• Top Secret Soviet Bomber Project
• http://www.nocarnofun.com/meet-the-experimental-soviet-bomber-project-bartini-a-57-able-to-take-off-and-land-on-water/

На других языках

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[de] Bartini A-57

Die Bartini A-57 war ein sowjetisches Bomberprojekt der 1950er Jahre. Ziel des von Robert Bartini geleiteten Projektes war es, Starts und Landungen auf dem Wasser durchzuführen. Die Bartini A-57 wurde nicht gebaut.

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- [en] Bartini A-57

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[it] Bartini A-57

Bartini A-57 è il nome relativo al progetto di un bombardiere strategico supersonico progettato per l'aviazione sovietica da Roberto Oros di Bartini a partire dalla fine degli anni cinquanta. Lo sviluppo venne interrotto nei primissimi anni sessanta.

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