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When the Soviet Union was a world superpower, it had some of the most innovative and fascinating weapons out there. While most people in the Western world

His life is such a mystery that even his real name is uncertain, but one thing is clear: Robert Oros di Bartini -- as his name read on his tombstone -- was a genius ahead of his time whose wondrous airplanes and flying boats still impress today.

Airways explores ten of the rarest birds that have taken to the skies, a unique look that highlights the remarkable evolution of flight.

The Soviet flying beast that never really took off The only surviving prototype of this unusual plane now sits dilapidated in a field near Moscow, but it was once the hope of the Soviet Union against US submarine attacks. The Bartini Beriev VVA-14 — the letters are an acronym for “vertical take-off amphibious aircraft” and 14 was the number of engines — was designed to take off from anywhere without a runway and to be capable of sustained flight just above the water surface. Designed in the 1960s, the aircraft was a response to the Polaris ballistic missiles. The United States introdu...

VVA-14: The 14-engined Soviet aircraft designed to take out US subs CNN 1/26/2021 © Alamy T0JK1F Bartini Beriev VVA-14, No. 19172 at Monino, Russia. The only surviving prototype of this unusual plane now sits dilapidated in a field near Moscow, but it was once the hope of the Soviet Union against US submarine attacks. The Bartini Beriev VVA-14 -- the letters are an acronym for "vertical take-off amphibious aircraft" and 14 was the number of engines -- was designed to take off from anywhere without a runway and to be capable of sustained flight just above the water surface. Designed in th...