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  2. Tupolev Tu-144 - Wikipedia

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    The Tu-144 was introduced into commercial service with Aeroflot between Moscow and Alma-Ata on 26 December 1975 and starting 1 November 1977 passenger flights began; it was withdrawn less than seven months later after a new Tu-144 variant crash-landed during a test flight on 23 May 1978. The Tu-144 remained in commercial service as a cargo ...

  3. 1973 Paris Air Show Tu-144 crash - Wikipedia

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    The crew of the Tu-144 were buried at the Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow on 12 June 1973. [16] Following the crash, Marcel Dassault called for the 1975 Paris Air Show to be held at Istres, which is situated in open country 40 km (25 mi) northwest of Marseille. [17] The crash eroded enthusiasm surrounding the Tu-144, which was already in decline.

  4. Talk:Tupolev Tu-144/Archive 1 - Wikipedia

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    The prototype's first flight was made on 31 December 1968, near Moscow[1] from Zhukovsky Airport,[5] two months before the first flight of Concorde. The Tu-144 first went supersonic on 5 June 1969[6] (Concorde first went supersonic on 1 October 1969), and on 26 May 1970 became the world's first commercial transport to exceed Mach 2.

  5. Supersonic transport - Wikipedia

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    To date, the only SSTs to see regular service have been Concorde and the Tupolev Tu-144. The last passenger flight of the Tu-144 was in June 1978 and it was last flown in 1999 by NASA. Concorde's last commercial flight was in October 2003, with a November 26, 2003 ferry flight being its last flight.

  6. Portal:Aviation/Anniversaries/July 15 - Wikipedia

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    1970 – The Tupolev Tu-144 exceeds Mach 2 in level flight, the first commercial aircraft to do so in a flight on 26 May 1970. [1] [better source needed] 1968 – The first direct airline service between the Soviet Union and the U. S. is inaugurated, ten years after negotiations began. 1964 – First flight of the Aermacchi SF.260.

  7. List of Tupolev aircraft - Wikipedia

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    ANT-1: The first aircraft by A.N.T. and the first Soviet-built aircraft. Mixed materials design. The work started in 1921. Assembly began in 1922. First flight took place in 1923. The tests were cancelled due to engine malfunction. ANT-2: Two passenger aircraft. The first Soviet all-metal aircraft, 1924.

  8. Timeline of jet power - Wikipedia

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    15 September: the Tu-104 medium range jet airliner enters service with Aeroflot, the world's first jet airliner to provide a sustained and successful service. The Tu-104 was the sole jetliner operating in the world between 1956 and 1958.

  9. Concorde - Wikipedia

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    The Tu-144 had two crashes, one at the 1973 Paris Air Show, [176] [177] and another during a pre-delivery test flight in May 1978. [ 178 ] [ 179 ] Passenger service commenced in November 1977, but after the 1978 crash the aircraft was taken out of passenger service after only 55 flights, which carried an average of 58 passengers.