The Russian-built Tupolev Tu-144 was the first supersonic passenger plane ever to fly, but it had some built-in flaws. Bigger, heavier, and less technologically advanced than Concorde, its ...

The legendary Concorde and ... While the Tu‑144’s commercial life was brief, the program provided valuable data (later even used in joint US–Russian research). Nevertheless, the Tu‑144 ...

New Tupolev Tu-160 strategic bomber will strengthen Russia’s nuclear triad ... "Why the Tupolev-144 project had to be aborted? The air fares were to match a certain average level of earnings.