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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Aeroflot between Moscow and Alma-Ata on 26 December 1975 and starting 1 November 1977 passenger flights began; it was withdrawn less than seven months later after a new Tu-144 variant crash-landed during a test flight on 23 May 1978.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 ...
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.
[6] [7] The flight plan for the Tu-144 had been modified at the last minute, leaving the crew less time to complete their demonstration. [8] On 3 June, the last day of the airshow, the Tu-144 flew after Concorde's demonstration flight. [9] During the Tu-144 demonstration, Kozlov flew the plane low along Runway 060. [10]
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.
1978 Yegoryevsk Tu-144 crash; P. 1973 Paris Air Show Tu-144 crash This page was last edited on 22 November 2021, at 20:26 (UTC). ...
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.
The crash resulted in a ban on passenger flights of the Tu-144. Combined with other issues involving the Tu-144, including an earlier crash at the 1973 Paris Air Show and complaints about reliability and passenger comfort, this caused a lack of interest in the Tu-144, which ultimately led to the demise of the Tu-144 program.
On 31 December 1968, Yelyan served as pilot-in-command on the maiden flight of the Tupolev Tu-144, registered СССР-68001 with Mikhail Kozlov as co-pilot, this marked the first flight of a supersonic airliner. Before the maiden flight he and Kozlov practiced in a simulator; the test aircraft had ejection seats in the cockpit. [6]