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The Tupolev Tu-144 (Russian: Tyполев Ту-144; NATO reporting name: Charger) is a Soviet supersonic passenger airliner designed by Tupolev in operation from 1968 to 1999. [ 2 ] The Tu-144 was the world's first commercial supersonic transport aircraft with its prototype 's maiden flight from Zhukovsky Airport on 31 December 1968, two months ...
The aircraft was a supersonic Tupolev Tu-144D, registered СССР-77111, built at the Voronezh Aircraft Production Association facility and destined for Soviet flag carrier Aeroflot. It had first flown on 27 April 1978 and completed test flights on 12 May, 16 May, and 18 May, as well as another test flight earlier on the day of the accident.
A supersonic transport (SST) or a supersonic airliner is a civilian supersonic aircraft designed to transport passengers at speeds greater than the speed of sound. 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.
RD-36-41 Created on the basis of the engine 'VD-19' . [2]Thrust – 16,150 kgf (35,600 lbf; 158,400 N) RD-36-51 This engine was a replacement for the Kuznetsov NK-144 turbofan used on the Tu-144D SST, giving an increase in full payload range from 3,080km to 5,330km. [3]
A supersonic aircraft is an aircraft which can exceed the speed of sound (Mach 1.0) in level flight. ... Tupolev Tu-22: Soviet Union: Turbojet: Bomber: 1959 ...
Tu-120: proposed nuclear-powered supersonic bomber; Tu-122: supersonic bomber project based on Tu-98, 1957; Tu-124: low-altitude bomber project, 1957; Tu-125: proposed medium-range supersonic bomber, 1958; Tu-127 (I): proposed supersonic tactical bomber developed from the Tu-98, 1958; Tu-127 (II): proposed military cargo version of Tu-124
The 1973 Paris Air Show Tu-144 crash of Sunday 3 June 1973 destroyed the second production model of the Russian supersonic Tupolev Tu-144. The aircraft disintegrated in the air while performing extreme manoeuvres and fell on the town of Goussainville, Val-d'Oise , France, killing all six crew members and eight people on the ground.
The crash of a test flight of a Soviet Tupolev Tu-144D supersonic passenger jet halted flights completely. A crew of eight was making the final test before the jet's scheduled delivery to the Soviet Union national airline, Aeroflot and departed Moscow's Zhukovsky Airport. A fuel line had ruptured and caused eight tons of fuel to leak into the ...