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Soviet Airliners 1960-1969: Tupolev Tu-144, Ilyushin Il-62, Tupolev Tu-154, Antonov An-24, Yakovlev Yak-40, Tupolev Tu-134, Tupolev Tu-124

Soviet Airliners 1960-1969: Tupolev Tu-144, Ilyushin Il-62, Tupolev Tu-154, Antonov An-24, Yakovlev Yak-40, Tupolev Tu-134, Tupolev Tu-124


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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 37. Chapters: Tupolev Tu-144, Ilyushin Il-62, Tupolev Tu-154, Antonov An-24, Yakovlev Yak-40, Tupolev Tu-134, Tupolev Tu-124, Antonov An-28, Beriev Be-30. Excerpt: The Tupolev Tu-144 (NATO name: "Charger'") was a Soviet supersonic transport aircraft (SST) and remains one of only two SSTs to enter commercial service, the other being the Anglo-French Concorde. The design, publicly unveiled in January 1962, was constructed under the direction of the Soviet Tupolev design bureau, headed by Alexei Tupolev. and was Tupolev's only supersonic commercial airliner, as the company's other supersonic aircraft, were designed and built to military specifications. The prototype first flew on 31 December 1968 near Moscow, two months before the first flight of the Concorde. The Tu-144 first broke the sound barrier on 5 June 1969, and on 15 July 1969 and became the first commercial transport to exceed Mach 2. The Tu-144 was outwardly similar to the Concorde, under development at the same time by Aerospatiale/British Aircraft Corporation, and allegations were frequently made that Soviet espionage services had stolen Concorde technology, leading to the Tu-144 gaining the nickname, "Konkordski" or "Concordski." The Tu-144 suffered a crash in 1973 at the Paris Air Show, delaying its development. The aircraft was introduced into passenger service on 1 November 1977, almost two years after the Concorde. In May 1978, another Tu-144 crashed while being delivered, and the passenger fleet was permanently grounded after only 55 scheduled flights. The aircraft remained in use as a cargo plane until 1983, by which point a total of 102 commercial flights had been completed. The Tu-144 was later used by the Soviet space program to train pilots of the Buran spacecraft, and by NASA for supersonic research. Tu-144 prototype in June 1971, Berlin-SchonefeldThe Soviet...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781155277950
  • Publisher: Books LLC, Wiki Series
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC, Wiki Series
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 38
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Weight: 86 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1155277953
  • Publisher Date: 16 Sep 2011
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Tupolev Tu-144, Ilyushin Il-62, Tupolev Tu-154, Antonov An-24, Yakovlev Yak-40, Tupolev Tu-134, Tupolev Tu-124
  • Width: 189 mm


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