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The Russian-built Tu-144 was the first supersonic passenger plane ever to fly, but it came with some flaws built-in. Bigger, heavier, and less technologically advanced than Concorde, it blotted its copybook with a spectacular crash at the Paris Air Show. When it did enter passenger service, it was a horrific passenger experience.
Aeroflot Tu144 The Russian Airlines at Zhukovsky Airport
Aeroflot would continue some flights to Alma-Ata and also open a route to Khabarovsk (far east Russia) using a particular long-range version of the aircraft (Tu-144D). The plane was officially canceled on 1 July 1983. The range of the Tu-144 (bright areas), and the two routes it operated. Photo: GCmaps What was it like to fly onboard?
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Breaking both records the Concorde seemingly claims, the Soviet Tupolev 144 was the first supersonic commercial design aircraft to break the sound barrier and the first to begin passenger services. Why then, is the Tu-144 so frequently neglected?
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Aeroflot briefly operated the supersonic Tupolev Tu-144. Photo: Sumit Singh | Simple Flying I recognized the distinct dipped nose from a distance. Photo: Sumit Singh | Simple Flying Only 16 units of the Tu-144 were produced by the Voronezh Aircraft Production Association in Voronezh.
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Published Oct 14, 2021 The Tupolev Tu-144 didn't fly for long. However, being the first supersonic commercial plane to hit the skies, there were several factors to consider when designing the aircraft before it was introduced in 1975. The first to the post British-French turbojet Concorde flew for the first time on March 2nd, 1969.
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The Tupolev Tu-144 is a Soviet supersonic passenger airliner designed by Tupolev in operation from 1968 to 1999. The Tu-144 was the world's first commercial supersonic transport aircraft with its prototype's maiden flight from Zhukovsky Airport on 31 December 1968, two months before the British-French Concorde.
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Specifications Photo Gallery Description Manufacturer: Tupolev Country: Russia Manufactured: 1968 to: 1983 ICAO: TU144 Price: Performance Weights Dimensions Avionics: Engine: 4x Kolesov RD-36-51 Jet Power: 44,000 pound-force Max Cruise Speed: 1300 knots 2,408 Km/h Approach Speed (Vref): 170 knots Travel range:
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Published Apr 24, 2020 Before the Concorde, there was the Tu-144. The Soviet Union's answer to supersonic travel was unexpected, rudimentary, and full of flaws, but it captured the heart of a nation and earned its place in the history books in 1968 as Concordes' true rival. What was the Tu-144?
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The Tupolev Tu-144 ( Russian: Tyполев Ту-144; NATO reporting name: Charger) is a Soviet supersonic passenger airliner designed by Tupolev in operation from 1968 to 1999. [2]
CCCP77115 Aeroflot Tupolev Tu144 at Zhukovsky International Airport
The Tu-144S entered service with Soviet state carrier Aeroflot on December 26, 1975, and was first used for mail flights between Moscow and what is now called Almaty in Kazakhstan. A passenger service using the Tu-144 commenced just under two years later, in 1977.
CCCP77115 Aeroflot Tupolev Tu144 at Ramenskoye Zhukovsky Photo
The aircraft was a supersonic Tupolev Tu-144D, registered СССР-77111, built at the Voronezh Aircraft Production Association facility and destined for Soviet flag carrier Aeroflot. It had first flown on 27 April 1978 and completed test flights on 12 May, 16 May, and 18 May, as well as another test flight earlier on the day of the accident.
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Soviet national flag carrier Aeroflot introduced the plane into passenger service on December 26, 1975, flying between Moscow and Almaty in Kazakhstan. Less than three years later, Aeroflot removed the Tu-144 from service following a second crash of the supersonic jet on May 23 1978.
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Tupolev's Tu-144 found its first and only customer in Aeroflot, the Russian airline. However, the supersonic aircraft's tenure with the airline was short-lived. Passengers often complained about the excessive noise produced by the air conditioning and engines. The 5-abreast seating layout of the Tu-144 made it far less comfortable than the.
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Around January 25, 1978, an Aeroflot Tu-144 flight operating from Moscow to Alma-Ata (Almaty) experienced multiple onboard systems failures before taxiing for takeoff. Onboard the flight, there were numerous foreign journalists and other important foreign figures.
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While 'Concordski' did see airline service on domestic flights in the Soviet Union with Aeroflot, Concorde entered service before the Tu-144 and went on to be the only successful Supersonic airliner, operating 27 years for Air France and British Airways. Of the 16 Tu-144s built, those that survived can be seen in Museums.
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Though officially designed to meet an Aeroflot requirement for a high-speed airliner, the ill-fated Tu-144 was built primarily as a statement of Soviet national pride. In so doing, the Soviets could claim parity with Western powers designing the competing Concorde and a possible American supersonic transport. Although outwardly similar to the.