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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Aeroflot between Moscow and Alma-Ata on 26 December 1975 and starting 1 November 1977 passenger flights began; it was withdrawn less than seven months later after a new Tu-144 variant crash-landed during a test flight on 23 May 1978.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.
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.
The flight, lasting less than 4 hours, reached the maximum certified height of 60,000 ft (18,300 m). It flew a total of 23,376 hours. A new exhibition was constructed to house the aircraft, east of the airport at the old Spencers Plantation. [23] [24] Concorde G-BOAG at the Museum of Flight. G-BOAG (214) first flew on 21 April 1978 from Filton.
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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.
[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.