It was faster than Concorde and carried more passengers - but behind the speed and prestige, the Tu-144 was plagued with danger. From a shocking crash at the 1973 Paris Air Show to an unreliable and ...
The sleek supersonic Concorde was the "Queen of the Skies." 50 years ago, Air France and British Airways launched scheduled service.
The sleek supersonic Concorde was the "Queen of the Skies." 50 years ago, Air France and British Airways launched scheduled service.
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Concorde could fly at more than twice the speed of sound, yet the lucrative transatlantic routes to the US were not viable, casting more doubt on the aircraft's already ropy economics. Concerns about ...
31 December 1968 Concorde’s Soviet rival, the Tupolev Tu-144, took off for the first time from a runway to the side of the factory where it was built in Zhukovski, southeast of Moscow. The plane was ...
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The 1973 Paris Air Show was meant to showcase Soviet technological supremacy. Instead, the Tu-144 disintegrated in front of hundreds of thousands of spectators. This segment outlines the race to build ...