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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
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The Tupolev Tu-2 (development names ANT-58 and 103; NATO reporting name Bat) is a twin-engined Soviet high-speed daylight and frontline bomber aircraft used during World War II. The Tu-2 was tailored to meet a requirement for a high-speed bomber or dive-bomber , with a large internal bomb load and speed similar to that of a single-seat fighter.
Tupolev's son Alexei (1925-2001) was a successful pioneering aircraft designer who designed the Tupolev Tu-144 supersonic passenger jet, and helped design the Buran space shuttle and the Tu-2000 long-range heavy bomber. Tupolev was never a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union despite his status and being elected to several deputy ...
Construction of the Tupolev Tu-104B involved, serial number 920805, was completed at the Kazan Aircraft Production Association aircraft factory on 24 July 1959. On 4 August 1959 the Tupolev was acquired by Aeroflot. At the time of the accident, the aircraft had sustained a total of 1,600 flight hours and 789 takeoff and landing cycles. [1] [2] [3]
2 Aeroflot Flight 012 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Beijing , China to Moscow , Soviet Union on Saturday, July 13, 1963, which crashed on landing at a scheduled stopover in Irkutsk . 33 of the 35 people on board died in the crash.
The military designation of the interceptor was at first Tu-28, but it was changed in 1963 to Tu-128, identical to the designation used by the OKB. [1] [2] [5] The Tu-128 had a broad, low/mid-mounted swept wing carrying the main landing gear in wing-mounted pods, and slab tailplanes. Two Lyulka AL-7F-2 turbojet engines [1] [2] were mounted in ...