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The first serial TU-104 took off on 5 November 1955. [2] The Tu-104 was powered by two Mikulin AM-3 turbojets placed in the wing roots (resembling the configuration of the de Havilland Comet). The crew consisted of two pilots, a navigator (seated in the glazed "bomber" nose), a flight engineer, and a radio operator (later eliminated).
Tu-115 (also known as Tu-114VTA): proposed military transport variant of the Tu-114; cancelled in favor of Antonov An-22; Tu-117: proposed military transport version of the Tu-110; Tu-118: proposed four-engine turboprop freighter version of Tu-104; Tu-119: prototype nuclear and kerosene powered version of the Tu-95LAL; Tu-120: proposed nuclear ...
Pages in category "Accidents and incidents involving the Tupolev Tu-104" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
Even before the first flights of the Tu-16 and Tu-20/Tu-95, Tupolev was working on supersonic bombers, culminating in the unsuccessful Tu-98. Although that aircraft never entered service, it became the basis for the prototype Tu-102 (later developed into the Tu-28 interceptor ) and the Tu-105 , which evolved into the supersonic Tu-22 bomber in ...
Tupolev Tu-96 prototype high-altitude version of the Tu-95; Tupolev Tu-104 twin-engine, medium-range narrow-body jet airliner; Tupolev Tu-105 initial prototype of the Tu-22; also known as Aircraft 'Yu' Tupolev Tu-107 military transport version of the Tu-104; Tupolev Tu-110 prototype four-engine version of the Tu-104 for export
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Design flaw 0 Cargo door locking mechanism failed causing door to separate from the aircraft and causing further damage; landed safely 1973-05-18 Aeroflot Flight 109: Chita, Soviet Union Tupolev Tu-104: Terrorist bombing 81 Bomb put on board by hijacker 1974-03-03 Turkish Airlines Flight 981: Picardy, France MD DC-10: Design flaw 346
The Tu-110 was a major redesign of the Tu-104, powered by four Lyulka AL-7 turbojets rated at 5,500 kgf (53.9 kN; 12,100 lbf) thrust each, with two staggered engines in the root of each extended centre-section. The first prototype was flown on 11 March 1957.