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Tupolev Tu-144 take off

The Tupolev Tu-144 was the first airliner that flew faster than the speed of sound. Built in USSR by Tupolev it is similar to the Concorde. Tupolev Tu-144 flown only for Aeroflot the national soviet airline. Sixteen examples only were built. Maiden flight was on December 31, 1968.

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  • Aircraft Mig-21I under the wing of the plane Tu-144 (9678535680)

    MiG-21I Analog, used as a testbed for the Tu-144's wing

  • Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-144 1977 Volpati-1

    View of the front of the Tu-144, with the distinctive retractable moustache canards deployed and drooped nose

  • Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-144 Paris Air Show 1975 Gilliand

    Aeroflot Tu-144 at the Paris Air Show in 1975.

  • Tu-144-cockpit2

    Detached instrument panel.

  • Tupolev Tu-144 CCCP-77102 LEB 02.06.73 edited-3

    The first production Tu-144S displaying at the 1973 Paris Air Show on the day before it crashed. The aircraft's planform and canards are clearly shown.

  • МАКС-2007-ЗВГ-002

    Tu-144 with distinctive droop nose at the MAKS-2007 exhibition

  • Russian Tu-144LL SST Flying Laboratory Takeoff at Zhukovsky Air Development Center

    The Tu-144LL used by NASA to carry out research for the High Speed Civil Transport

  • Tu-144LL in flight

    Tu-144LL in flight

  • 1973 06 Bourget TU144 (13)

    Tu-144 at the Paris Air Show, 2 June 1973, day before the crash

  • Tupolev Tu-144 @ Central Air Force Museum

    Tu-144S #77106 preserved at Monino museum

  • TU 144 Sinsheim side

    Tu-144 at Sinsheim, side view.

  • Le Bourget 1973 en

    Flight profile of Tu-144 and Mirage IIIR

  • NASA 107665main tu-144 drawing

    Orthographically projected diagram of the Tu-144LL

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