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The 'Beriev A-40 ''Albatros''' (NATO reporting name: "Mermaid") and the 'Be-42' was built by the Soviet Beriev Aircraft Company. It was a jet-engined flying boat patrol bomber of all-metal construction with the engines located above the wing roots. The swept wings had a marked anhedral angle, with balanced floats attached by short pylons on the very wingtips.

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Design and development

The maiden flight was unplanned, when a testcrew was making one high-speed taxi test, the airplane become airbourne and they run out of runway, so they had to continue the takeoff. The subsequent flight and landing went without any incident, but the test crew were degraded from their duties afterwards despite having saved the aircraft.

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;A-40 ''Albatros''
;Be-42
:SAR amphibian

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★ Soviet Air Force

Specifications (Be-40)

References

★ Jane's Aircraft Recognition Guide, , David, Rendall, HarperCollinsPublishers, 1995, ISBN 0-00-4709802

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