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by LunarCamper 1482 days ago
So the Caspian sea monster, but make it American by adding words like "liberty" and "freedom" to the name? Got it.
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Considering they mentioned the ekranoplans in the linked article this seems like just a low quality regurgitation.

American naming schemes tend to be like this. It's just branding.

The depicted images didn't show a ground-effect vehicle, which seems odd -- it fits the job and is much more economical than the winged plane shown.
There's the mention of "sustained flight at mid-altitudes". Perhaps the intention is for this to be able to fly over land as well? Maybe by sacrificing some cargo capacity in mid-altitude flights?
I wasn't aware of that pattern.

Can you give some examples of Americans doing this more than other peoples?

> doing this more than other peoples

I don’t think a pattern needs to be exceptional to be notable.

The first example that comes to mind is Freedom Fries (lol) https://www.google.com/search?q=freedom+fries&ie=UTF-8&oe=UT...

Spruce Goose 2?