Just like the concord super sonic its a stunning looking aircraft. I dont understand why, the then soviet government went ahead with such a project when it was not going to be commercialy viable as they did not have the cliants. I am a big fan of the concord, simply because of its British connection and the Rolls Royce olimpas engines.
raf, e-mail, 07.11.2009 18:16
At the time of appearance of the aircraft in the Soviet Union there were no people who could afford to fly on this plane.Rich people simply was not there. Aeroflot was forced to reduce ticket prices. As a result, the unprofitable lines closed and the project collapsed.
Jean Vladimir Térémetz, e-mail, 06.09.2009 18:18
No, but I have this : www.nouveau-concorde.net and this : www.nouvelle-aviation.net Cordialement J V T
matt, e-mail, 15.07.2009 16:22
Its a pile of Junk, thats what it is. A sad excuse for a far more beutiful concorde which had a long and illustrious service flying the rich and famous from London and Paris to New York. TU144 was hardly what you would call a success was it?.
Ahmet Alegoz, e-mail, 07.01.2009 12:48
It's more beatiful than Concorde. It's sad that it can not fly more.
R.Hunt, e-mail, 03.11.2008 13:06
if you look deep in to secret aircraft held at Groom Lake (area 51) one was taken there so the west has a captured one
Stephen, e-mail, 22.07.2008 22:07
The Tu-144 flew on Dec. 31,1969. Making it the world's first SST. Andrei Tupolev was there for the maiden flight too. There is film of the plane's maiden flight and Tupolev standing there in the snow watching the plane take and land. They even dubbed it the "Concordeski". In recent years, they took one out of mothballs and started flying it again, as a testbed for future SSTs. Now that the Concorde's grounded permanently.
Stephen, e-mail, 22.07.2008 22:04
The Tu-144 flew on Dec. 31,1969. Making it the world's first SST. Andrei Tupolev was there for the maiden flight too. There is film of the plane's maiden flight and Tupolev standing there in the snow watching the plane take and land. They even dubbed it the "Concordeski". In recent years, they took one out of mothballs and started flying it again, as a testbed for future SSTs. Now that the Concorde's grounded permanently.
Toby, e-mail, 08.01.2008 01:23
Max, the tu144 was the WORLDS first supersonic civil transport! Concorde flewa month later.
Max, e-mail, 10.10.2007 00:37
It's a first russian supersonik civil aircraft.
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