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Tupolev Tu-144: The Story Of The Soviet Supersonic Concorde Competitor
A crash at the Paris Air Show in 1973 marred ... and limited passenger service. The Russian-built Tupolev Tu-144 was the first supersonic passenger plane ever to fly, but it had some built-in ...
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7 Fastest Commercial Planes of All Time: High-Speed Aviation Leaders
After passenger service was discontinued in 1978 due to a crash and various technical issues and cargo service was discontinued in 1983, the Tupolev Tu-144 was primarily used for test flights, ...
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First victim of Tu-154 crash identified — source
The first victim of last Sunday’s crash of a Tupolev-154 airliner near the Black ... The Russian Defense Ministry said that fragments from the Tu-154 disaster had been discovered some 1.5 ...