The Tu-144's small retractable canard foreplanes, which were installed after 1971, are the most noticeable external ...

After the Space Race there was the supersonic race, as three countries vied to build the first passenger supersonic airliner ...

In the annals of aviation history, the Tupolev Tu-144 holds a unique place as Russia’s ambitious entry into supersonic commercial flight. Its development began in the 1960s, mirroring the efforts of ...

It was the Cold War’s battle for the skies: the sleek British-French Concorde versus the USSR’s bold Tu-144. Who really won the supersonic race—and why did both disappear from the skies? Gavin Newsom ...

Gujarat Home Minister Harsh Sanghavi confirmed that the DNA samples of 144 victims in the Air India plane crash has been successfully matched as of 12 pm on Tuesday. In a post on X, Sanghavi said, ...

The Concorde may have been a game-changing jet when it entered service in 1976, but a rival Russian jet—the Tupolev Tu-144—happened to be in the air one year earlier. The earlier service, however, was ...

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A Tu-22M3 missile bomber of the army of the aggressor country russia crashed in the Irkutsk Oblast of the russian federation on the evening of Wednesday, April 2. The russian propaganda agency TASS ...

The Tu-144 was the world's first passenger airplane to break the supersonic barrier. However, its passengers were able to enjoy the unusual and fast flight for only a very short stint. The creation of ...

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Reaching speeds of up to 1,510 mph (2,430 km/h), the Tupolev Tu-144 holds the title of one of the fastest commercial planes in history. This Soviet supersonic transport aircraft (SST) was the initial ...