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Tragic final words of pilot who crashed plane killing Poland's president and 95 others
President Lech Kaczynski was killed alongside his wife, senior Polish political figures and military officials in the ...
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Today in Aviation History: First Flight of the Tupolev Tu-16
On April 27, 1952, the Soviet Union's formidable Tupolev Tu-16 Badger made its first flight, ushering in a new era of ...
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Tupolev Tu-404: Russia’s Unrealized Giant of the Skies
Designed to carry over 1,200 passengers across a radical blended wing airframe, the Tupolev Tu-404 was one of the most ...
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Russian manufacturer creates first full-size model of future strategic bomber — source
MOSCOW, March 1. /TASS/. The first full-size model of Russia’s future long-range bomber PAK DA, being developed for the Aerospace Force, has been created by the Tupolev company, a source in ...
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Tupolev dismisses all of tycoons’ requests for converting warplane into business jet
MOSCOW, November 13. /TASS/. Wealthy foreign clients regularly address the Russian aircraft-building company Tupolev for making a private supersonic business class jet on the basis of Russia’s ...