The first Tupolev TU-144S at the Paris Air Show in 1973. The plane would crash the next day, killing
The first Tupolev TU-144S at the Paris Air Show in 1973. The plane would crash the next day, killing 14, including eight spectators on the ground. The TU-144 was a Soviet supersonic passenger jet, a kind of communist Concorde (which actually debuted before the Concorde). They were used intermittently in the 1970s and then mostly shelved because of the expense of flying them – and several crashes.{WHF} {HTE} {Medium} -- source link
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