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Tupolev Tu-144: The Soviet Supersonic Airliner
Yefim Gordon
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Description for Tupolev Tu-144: The Soviet Supersonic Airliner
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Developed in the 1960s/1970s, the Tu-144 was the Soviet Union’s only practical venture into supersonic commercial aviation. Though its career was all too brief, it was a major technological achievement for the Soviet aircraft industry. The book provides in-depth coverage of the “Concordski,” including projected versions, the Tu-144’s production and service history, and a comparison with the Concorde. First flown on the last day of 1968—ahead of the Concorde—the Tu-144 had to undergo a long gestation period before the production version entered service in November 1977. Unfortunately, its career proved to be brief; two accidents and a powerful anti-Tu-144 lobby ... Read more
Developed in the 1960s/1970s, the Tu-144 was the Soviet Union’s only practical venture into supersonic commercial aviation. Though its career was all too brief, it was a major technological achievement for the Soviet aircraft industry. The book provides in-depth coverage of the “Concordski,” including projected versions, the Tu-144’s production and service history, and a comparison with the Concorde. First flown on the last day of 1968—ahead of the Concorde—the Tu-144 had to undergo a long gestation period before the production version entered service in November 1977. Unfortunately, its career proved to be brief; two accidents and a powerful anti-Tu-144 lobby ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764348945
SKU
V9780764348945
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About Yefim Gordon
Yefim Gordon has been an aviation journalist and photographer for more than 40 years. Dmitriy Komissarov has been a translator and journalist since 1993. Vladimir Rigmant is an aviation engineer and has worked for the Tupolev aircraft design bureau since 1986. Yefim Gordon is an aviation journalist and photographer who has been researching Soviet/Russian aviation history for more than 40 ... Read more
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