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The 1973 Paris Air Show Tu-144 crash of Sunday 3 June 1973 destroyed the second production model of the Russian supersonic Tupolev Tu-144. The aircraft disintegrated in the air while performing extreme manoeuvres and fell on the town of Goussainville, Val-d'Oise, France, killing all six crew members and eight people on the ground.
CRASH-TUPOLEV 144-GOUSSAINVILLE. Policeman guards the wreckage of the Tupolev 144 that crashed during the Paris Air Show, killing all six on board and eight on the ground, destroying...
4 sie 2015 · Tu-144 Crash at Paris Air Show. On Sunday, 3 June 1973, the newly built Tupolev TU-144 Super Sonic Transport was doing maneuvers at the Paris Air show when it crashed.
7 wrz 2020 · On Jun. 3, 1973, at the 1973 Paris Airshow, the flight crew on a Tu-144 attempted to perform an impressive steep climb manoeuvre to wow spectators, but they overstressed the airframe while pulling their plane out of a dive and it broke up in mid-air.
24 sty 2023 · Media in category "Tupolev Tu-144 at Paris Air Show 1973". The following 8 files are in this category, out of 8 total. 1973 06 Bourget TU144 (12).jpg 3,046 × 2,060; 1.16 MB.
3 cze 2019 · Yet the 1973 Paris Air Show painted a very different picture and put a huge stain on Tupolev’s reputation. The number 2 chassis of the Tupolev Tu-144, CCCP-77102, stalled and proceeded to enter a steep dive. The aircraft’s left wing disintegrated first, while the rest of the body followed it.
20 cze 2023 · Le Bourget was the scene of gladiatorial supersonic spectacle 50 years ago when a Soviet Tupolev Tu-144S sought to outperform the rival BAC-Aerospatiale Concorde at the 1973 Paris air show,...
