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The Tupolev Tu-144 (Russian: Tyполев Ту-144; NATO reporting name: Charger) is a Soviet supersonic passenger airliner designed by Tupolev in operation from 1968 to 1999. [ 2 ] The Tu-144 was the world's first commercial supersonic transport aircraft with its prototype 's maiden flight from Zhukovsky Airport on 31 December 1968, two months ...
10 lip 2019 · With just 55 completed flights and two fatal crashes, Concorde’s Soviet rival, the Tupolev Tu-144, was one of civil aviation’s biggest failures.
W kwietniu 1978 do służby weszła nowa wersja samolotu – Tu-144D, która miała m.in. silniki turboodrzutowe Kolesowa; ich mniejsze zużycie paliwa pozwalało wydłużyć zasięg samolotu. W planach była wersja z powiększonymi skrzydłami i zbiornikami paliwa, która miała otrzymać oznaczenie Tu-144DA.
25 lip 2022 · The noisy interior cabin of the Tu-144. Image by Mike1979 Russia CC BY-SA 3.0. During supersonic flight, passengers were subject to over 90 decibels of noise inside the cabin – around the same volume as a lawn mower.
The aircraft was produced from 1967 to 1983. The Tu-144 can accommodate three crew members and 150 passengers in flight; eleven first-class and 139 tourist class. It has an external length of 65.7 meters, an external height of 6.8 meters, and a fuselage width of 3.3 meters.
The Tu-144 prototype cockpit. Like aircraft of the analogical era it had too many clocks and lights and the typical colour turquoise of the Soviet aircraft. The rear cabin of the prototype had a 3 + 2 configuration, except in the last 5 rows, near the toilets, where the fuselage was narrower.
Aircraft: Tupolev Tu-144; Serial #: 07-1; Photo date: 2023-02-12; Uploaded: 2023-11-18
