On this site you can find all the information about the first supersonic airliner that flew, the Tupolev Tu-144. Her history, pictures, accidents and current status are here to your disposition. - Use the Tu-144 icons to navigate.

Aircraft 00-1 was equipped with four Kuznetsov NK-144 engines. Tu-144 in her first ever presentation to the public opinion at Moscow-Sheremetyevo Airport in 1969. Copyright PJSC «Tupolev»-1969. The prototype was the only one Tu-144 …

In addition of the drag parachute, the Tu-144 was equipped with a system of hydraulically powered carbon brakes that help in the task of to stop the aircraft after the landing. Equipping the Tu-144 with thrust reverses was always a goal for the Tupolev designers.

The history of the Tu-144 has been eventful and complicated. Since the Soviet optimist forecast of the 60's until her short life as passenger transport there are two accidents and many technical problems, a few solved more successfully than others.

Tu-144 Concorde Moscow - Khabarovsk 6250 70 90 -3840 -18089 Moscow - Yakutsk 5200 150 108 +6540 -14173 Moscow - Alma-Ata 3250 150 108 +3300 -10813 Moscow - Tashkent 2850 150 108 +3090 -8982 Moscow - Delhi 4500 150 108 +26310 ...

This new model, the Tu-144S, was presented in the Paris Air Show in 1973 where she suffered an accident while she was performing a demonstration flight. A hard manoeuvre after a deep dive made the plane broke out and crashed, killing all six on board and eight on the ground.

En este sitio puedes encontrar toda la información acerca del primer avión supersónico de pasajeros que voló, el Tupolev Tu-144. Su historia, imágenes, accidentes y situación actual están aquí a tu disposición.

Cuatro de estos motores pusieron en el aire el primer SST de la historia el 31 de diciembre de 1968 y convirtieron al Tu-144 en el primer avión de pasajeros en superar Mach 2,0. Operación de un motor turbofan

With all these specifications a model of the Tu-244 was published and is today the most extended idea of how a Tu-244 will be. In the next design and table are described some technical specifications of the project.

The shape of the wing, the huge engines, the great area of the tail, the original landing gear or the two forwards canards are some of the facts that made of the Tu-144 an unique aircraft. This section will continue growing with more info and detailed pictures about specific parts of …