Not to be outdone by their aviation rivals in the west, the Soviet Union built and briefly flew its own supersonic commercial jet, the Tupolev Tu-144. Sixteen were built and a handful remain. Only one ...

But you may not know the Soviets had their own version of the Concorde called the Tupolev-144. It was nicknamed the “Communist Concordski,” and it actually flew before the Anglo-French Concorde. But ...

The Tupolev Tu-144 was the Soviet Union’s answer to the Anglo-French Concorde and briefly became the first supersonic commercial airliner to fly. Developed in secrecy during the height of the Cold War ...

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.

It was the Cold War’s battle for the skies: the sleek British-French Concorde versus the USSR’s bold Tu-144. Who really won the supersonic race—and why did both disappear from the skies? Gavin Newsom ...

In recent years there’s been a lot of fuss about Boom Supersonic, the American aircraft company currently developing its successor to Concorde, the Anglo-French icon that became the first supersonic ...

Editor’s Note: Read more unknown and curious design origin stories here. When the Soviet rival to Concorde made its first foreign appearance at the Paris Air Show in 1971, everyone was impressed. In ...

When the first Tupolev Tu-144 thundered its way into aeronautical history 50 years ago, lifting off from Zhukovksy airfield on the last day of 1968, much of the supersonic programme remained cloaked ...

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 ...

The Concorde airliner first took to the skies 50 years ago promising a revolution in air travel with its technical prowess and supersonic speed. But just 34 years later and with only 14 planes ever ...