Editor’s Note: Read more unknown and curious design origin stories here. When the Soviet rival to Concorde made its first foreign appearance at the Paris Air Show in 1971, everyone was impressed. In ...

When the first Tupolev Tu-144 thundered its way into aeronautical history 50 years ago, lifting off from Zhukovksy airfield on the last day of 1968, much of the supersonic programme remained cloaked ...

Recreation of the demonstration flight of the Tupolev Tu-144 CCCP-77102, highlighting its superiority over the Anglo-French Concorde. Music: Flying high over the sky. #Tupolev #Tu144 #Aviation #Concor ...

But you may not know the Soviets had their own version of the Concorde called the Tupolev-144. It was nicknamed the “Communist Concordski,” and it actually flew before the Anglo-French Concorde. But ...

The Concorde jet was one of the crowning achievements in aviation. It was a supersonic passenger jet, meaning that it broke the speed of sound while flying. Your average Boeing 737-800 flying with ...

Where Britain and France conjured Concorde, Russia forged the Tupolev Tu-144 – a jet so loud passengers could barely hear each other Chris is an award-winning journalist with more than 20 years of ...

There were only two supersonic airliners, the Concorde and Russia's Tu-144. Only one place in the world lets you see them side by side. Here's a look around the huge Technik Museum Sinsheim. The speed ...

The Soviet speedster did not last long in the air after its maiden flight but Kazan University is making sure the aircraft is not going to waste, by turning it into a museum. Artem Dergunov The first ...

6 Apr 2023, 20:05 UTC · By: Henry Kelsall // The Tupolev Tu-144 was the Soviet's answer to Concorde, but a crash at the 1973 Paris Airshow was just one problem that befell the troubled airliner ...

When you think of super sonic flight, you probably first think of the Concorde. But that wasn’t the first super sonic transporter and it certainly wasn’t the first commercial plane break the sound ...

Developed in the 1960s/1970s, the Tu-144 was the Soviet Union's only practical venture into supersonic commercial aviation. Though its career was all too brief, it was a major technological ...