Tupolev Tu facts
While investigating facts about Tupolev Tu-144 and Tupolev Tu-160, I found out little known, but curios details like:
During WW2 five Boeing B-29 Superfortresses made emergency landings in Soviet territory after bombing raids on Japan. Rather than return the aircraft, the Soviets reverse engineered the American B-29s and used them as a pattern for the Tupolev Tu-4.
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The Soviet Union had a passenger super sonic jet called the Tupolev Tu-144. It was only in service for 6 months.
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 11 of the best facts about Tupolev Tu-95 and Tupolev Tu-154 I managed to collect.
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The record for the fastest propeller passenger aircraft was set on 24th March, 1960, by Russian Tupolev Tu-114. The record stands to this days
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Alongside the Concorde, the Russians developed their own supersonic transport, the Tupolev Tu-144 which the western media nicknamed the "Concordski"
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The Tupolev Tu-144, Russia's Concorde that met its end at the Paris Airshow, 1973
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The Tupolev Tu-144 was the first commercial supersonic transport aircraft
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On 29 March 1989, two teenagers from Czechoslovakia armed with grenades and shotguns hijacked Malev Flight 640 at Prague Ruzyně Airport, and flew the Tupolev Tu-154B with 15 hostages to Frankfurt Airport before surrendering.
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The French plane Concorde wasn't the first supersonic comercial plane. It was the Russian Tupolev TU-144.
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The Russian manufacturer Tupolev flew the world's first prototype hydrogen-powered airliner Tu-155 in 1988
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The Tupolev TU-95LAL and Convair X-6 which were planes fitted with nuclear reactors to test the possibility of planes with a theoretically infinite range
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The Tupolev Tu-95LAL, literally translating to flying atomic laboratory, it was a Russian bomber carrying a nuclear reactor for observation. The project was canceled due to the environmental impact of possible mishaps and accidents. I.E. each plane was a nuke if shot down...
