Long before Concorde became a symbol of luxury and prestige, the Soviet Union unveiled its own supersonic airliner — the Tu-144. Faster, larger, and built under intense political pressure, it was ...

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Months before Concorde flew, the Soviet Union unveiled its own supersonic passenger aircraft. Faster and more powerful on ...

Supersonic passenger flight worked technically – but never added up commercially It is 50 years since Concorde began ...

To many, when they think of supersonic airliners, they instantly think of Concorde. The joint Anglo-French aircraft that served for nearly 30 years, ferrying people across the Atlantic at Mach 2.

THE Concorde will go down in history for being an icon of supersonic passenger travel – but it was actually beaten to the skies by a lesser-known jet created by the Russians. The USSR’s Tupolev Tu-144 ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: The problems Concorde experienced were due to regulations and market forces, rather than shortcomings inherent to the airframe itself. The Soviet-built Tu-144 ...