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The Tupolev Tu-144, nicknamed "Concordski" by the West, was the Soviet Union's ambitious answer to the British-French Concorde—a supersonic passenger airliner that promised to revolutionize air travel. But behind its sleek design and groundbreaking speed lay a story of engineering triumphs, tragic disasters, and political rivalry.
In this video, we explore:
✈ The Race for Supersonic Dominance – How the Cold War fueled the Tu-144's development.
🔥 Technical Marvels & Flaws – What made this jet faster than Concorde, yet far more dangerous.
💥 The 1973 Paris Air Show Disaster – The crash that shocked the world.
✖ Why the Tu-144 Failed – Safety issues, limited routes, and the end of Soviet supersonic dreams.
🔍 Legacy & NASA’s Secret Use – How the Tu-144 found a second life in American research.
Was the Tu-144 a visionary achievement or a costly mistake? Watch to uncover the untold story of the world’s first supersonic airliner!
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November 1996 pre-flight preparation of the flying laboratory 2144L flight experiments will be carried
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out on it together with American
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partners. The flying laboratory will help to collect scientific and experimental material for the creation
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of the project S PS2 supersonic passenger aircraft of the second
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generation. Do you watch on executive start? The engines are put into
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afterburner mode and the huge bird begins to take off easily and gracefully. She lifts
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herself from the ground and leaves the infinite. A unique achievement of
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science and the human mind of design thought. Definitely the aircraft of the
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future.
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The early 60s was an era of rapid development of civil aviation all over the
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Airlines are finding it increasingly difficult to service increasing passenger traffic especially across the Atlantic
1:31
Ocean. The productivity of air transportation can be raised in two ways. By increasing the speed of
1:37
aircraft and therefore their turnover or by increasing the capacity of aircraft.
1:43
The creation of widebody multi-seat aircraft was hindered by fears of a psychological plan because of the
1:49
possible large number of victims in the event of an air crash. But supersonic airliners are attractive
1:56
both for passengers with less flight time and for airlines. This aircraft will do
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more. Western aviation publications actively discussed the problems of creating future airliners. General
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designer Andre Nicolvich Tupv closely followed publications abroad. That's when the data was already available.
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That's when Andre Nikolivic turned to him. He's afraid and says, "He's already
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working abroad. We're already working in this direction, too. We already have some hints." The government has always
2:29
said, "Okay, new regulations are being implemented." The capabilities of a
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supersonic passenger plane are impressive. The territory of the Soviet Union is huge. It includes 11 time zones
2:41
to fly from Moscow to the Far East. Jet Tu 104 made two intermediate
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landings on a turborop 2114 flight lasted 09 poor on a supersonic airliner.
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It will be reduced to 3 and 1/2 hours. The Far East is getting closer.
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And it was crucial that Andre Nicolovich immediately said that this is not the development of a new aircraft. This is
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the rise of the entire science of engineering equipment technology metal
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science systems another level. Western aircraft designers were
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the first to start designing supersonic that is supersonic airliners. Creating
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such an aircraft is such a complex task that Britain and France have pulled their scientific and financial
3:32
resources. On November 29th 62, an intergovernmental agreement was signed
3:38
between representatives of the two countries. Thus came Concord, a word common to two languages and meaning
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agreement. The plane was supposed to carry 100 passengers at a speed of 2,000
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kilmmor for a range of 6 and a half,000
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km. The United States also joined the supersonic race. The Americans wanted to
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make a supersonic passenger liner that would carry 300 passengers at a speed of 3,000 kilon each. The task is extremely
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ambitious. Khrushchev did not want to give the initiative to the capitalists. In July 63, a resolution was issued by
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the central committee of the CPSU and the council of ministers on the creation of a supersonic passenger aircraft to
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144 under Tupalev. The plane was supposed to carry 100 passengers at a speed of up to 2,700 kmh at a distance
4:32
of 4 12 1,000 km. Subsequently, the range was planned
4:38
to increase to 6 and a half,000. Andre Tupv named his son Alexe
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as the project's chief designer. Tupliff Jr. was born at the age of 25 from a young age. He worked in
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his father's office. At the age of 32, Alexe Andrevich became the head of the department for supersonic unmanned
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aerial vehicles. The team of Tupolev Jr. created the supersonic reconnaissance aircraft Hawk.
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The problems that young Tupelv solved are similar to those of the future T144.
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The car, by the way, passed the test and was launched into a series. According to different data, 52 54 cars were built.
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They were in service. There were launches. There was operation. It was quite extensive. The young team under
5:25
the leadership of Alexe Tupolef enthusiastically got to work. The number
5:30
of technical problems that need to be solved in a short time is huge. Begins designing and starting to
5:37
consider the problem. In general, only the car dynamics head Sheromikin were
5:42
stupid. Of course, they understood the complexity of the problems very well.
5:49
We're not the composers mostly. viewed a huge number plane diagrams and
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there the duck was also a package of engines. So engines so engines means and
6:05
such a wing such an arrow with such an arrow of arrow head on the other as if
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Tupolea had extensive experience in creating jet bombers. By this time, the
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supersonic Tu22 was already mass- prodduced, but the passenger car was designed almost from scratch. After all,
6:24
the bomber alone is supersonic for a short time, sufficient to overcome the enemy's PVO
6:30
zone. The 2144 was supposed to fly at supersonic speed. Most of the time, the
6:37
creators of the new aircraft solve completely new problems. One of them is the choice of aircraft scheme.
6:44
Well, tailless actually. What was the idea to minimize the plane
6:51
that is to achieve minimum weights? Tailless aerodynamic scheme
6:58
that lacks a horizontal tail lid. Instead, 11 controls installed on the trailing edge of the wing are used.
7:08
Soviet aircraft designers did not have the experience of creating a jet aircraft. Such an aerodynamic scheme tag
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scientists conducted numerous studies and experiments in wind tunnels blew hundreds of models.
7:22
In my opinion, the TO44 has no analoges in the history of domestic aircraft
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construction for its improvement. Huge efforts were expended in his search. The funds are very
7:37
talented. People worked with this machine and in general they achieved very serious success which can even be
7:45
later never happened again. One of the key decisions for the future
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aircraft is the choice of power plant. Sorry, but we had of course a problem
7:56
because the engine is economic such as for example we didn't have access to foreign
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options. Tupv chose an engine developed under the leadership of Nikolai Khnetsov
8:09
at the Quibbishev motor plant. For the first stage of testing for Andre
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Nicicovich, the most important requirement for the engine was that the
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engine worked reliably and would allow the aircraft to be taken out and tested
8:26
in all modes. However, Khnitsov's engine had a
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significant drawback to allow the 2144 to fly at supersonic speeds. These
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engines had to constantly work in extreme mode on after burner. In this mode, fuel consumption
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is too high. The range will be small, but the main thing is to quickly race the car into the sky and overtake the
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west. Another serious problem is aerodynamic heating at a speed of 2500 km per hour.
8:58
The surface of the airliner heats up to 130°. How to make the passenger feel
9:04
comfortable inside this oven? A special air conditioning system
9:10
was created. She was tested on a heat wall. These heat release simulators with
9:16
round metal heads replace passengers so far.
9:22
Several dozen standards were created to test a wide variety of systems. TU44
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conducted hundreds of experiments on them. Tupliff residents have not yet had so much preliminary research. One of the
9:35
stages of designing a future machine. Construction of a life-size model of an
9:41
aircraft. Modeling helps to optimally place the equipment. Arrange the cabin
9:46
and passenger cabin. In this cabin for many hours and times we visited, sat and
9:53
worked here. 1965 international air show at
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Lubour among experts. The main topic of discussion is the future of civil
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aviation. It is seen behind supersonic airliners. On the stands of the model of
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supersonic here is the European Concord. on the layout of the nose of the aircraft demonstrate the process of
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lowering the fairing. This provides a good view during takeoff and landing of the
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American stand. This Boehner aircraft model will have a wing with variable
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sweep in the Soviet pavilion for the first time presented model
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TU44. At this time it is only 4 km from the Kremlin. Airliner is born in metal
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one. An experimental machine was assembled in the workshops of the Moscow machine building plant. Experience was
10:51
the name of Tupolev's firm at that time. The aircraft was built in broad
10:56
cooperation. 1,000 enterprises across the country were involved in the work in Quishev made rudders direction Elona.
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The main landing gear in Veron made the detachable part of the wing and the front landing gear for transportation to
11:11
Moscow of large structures involved helicopter crane MI10. The main part of the fuselage and
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ke were manufactured in the branch of the factories near Moscow Tamil. Then they were transported to Moscow where
11:26
the assembly of parts of the aircraft took place. Here the docking of the tail part and the fuselage clearly read the
11:32
numbers 68001 is the side number one of the experimental
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machine. At the beginning of 68 the plane was delivered to Zhukovski.
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Transportation of such a large cargo was a difficult task 144 with jewelry
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precision carried between factory buildings.
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Final assembly took place on the territory of Zjukovskaya years at the testing and finishing
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base. These shots of the upper part of the fuselage show open hatches through
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which the crew should be rescued. In the event of an emergency, only 1 to 144
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were equipped with ejection seats, but the mechanism of lowering and raising the nose fairing is being worked out.
12:20
When the fairing is elevated, the aircraft encounters minimal aerodynamic
12:26
drag. The work of the train around the clock according to a three shift schedule was
12:32
tight. Highranking officials regularly visit Jerovka. Alexi Andrevich
12:37
explaining something to the Minister of Aviation Industry Dementive and Civil Aviation
12:43
Log. The crew consisted of commander Edward Elen, pilot Mikuel Klov, lead
12:50
engineer Vladimir Benderov, and flight engineer Yuri
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Celivorto. Preliminary test pilots made flights on the experimental machine made on the basis of the MIG 21
13:04
fighter. This unique aircraft is built according to the Bessos scheme. On it
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was installed a wing in shape close to the wing of the TU44. Hence the name analog to analog
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studied the flight characteristics and features of piloting the aircraft without
13:22
germ. And now finally came the long awaited day of escapades from the hangar. Everything is prepared with one
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pallet. However, the airport is shrouded in fog. Well, for almost two weeks we
13:34
rolled it out every morning to the airport and every morning we returned from it. It was just such a tedious job.
13:40
You prepare it. You roll it out. You wait. Will you roll it? You'll get some
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sleep and cook again. The boat has prepared. Well, it was terribly
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simple. On December 31st, 68. Fortunately, the weather improved
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somewhat. 13:25. The controllers gave the go-ahad for takeoff.
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The flight lasted 38 minutes. I must say that the plane introduced itself in the air perfectly.
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Simply perfectly. The flight of the supersonic passenger liner 2144 was a significant triumph for
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Soviet science and technology. A major contribution to the development of domestic aircraft industry. In the west,
14:30
news about the first flight of the 2144 caused a wide resonance in the race of supersonics. The Soviet Tupov bypassed
14:37
Concord. The French liner will take off 2 months later. All the success of the Soviets is
14:44
attributed to industrial espionage. But even now, little is known about the fact of cooperation between the Soviet Union,
14:51
France, and England. In 1965 at the 27th Salon de Bourge, our
15:00
model of the 21 144 aircraft premiered, showcasing materials from Aero Company.
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It bridged AES Vaz over Concord. At this event, key aviation
15:15
figures like Tupalev Dementivv, the aviation minister, Andre Ziggler from
15:21
the French company and chief designer Pier Satur concluded it was beneficial
15:27
to form a working group in the aviation sector. They
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proposed creating a subgroup focused on the operational integration of supersonic aircraft.
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It is not enough to design and build an airplane. You need to prove that it is safe and reliable all over the world.
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For this, there is a procedure for obtaining an airworthiness certificate. Since the TU44 was planned to be
15:53
exported abroad, it became necessary to introduce similar certification in our country. But here serious problems
16:01
arose. The standards of airworthiness abroad were publicly available and on their basis it was possible to create
16:07
domestic ones. The rules are all published. These methods were
16:13
documented, but the challenge remained. How to demonstrate that the aircraft met
16:19
standards. All methods were classified. Extensive discussions with
16:25
the French aided us in promptly developing our techniques.
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The certification process for domestic civil aviation aircraft started with the supersonic
16:40
T144. On May 26th, 1969, a press conference was held at Shereativo
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airport with the participation of Tupv's father and son. Newspapers reported that
16:52
about 20 foreign airlines have already expressed interest in purchasing the
16:58
2144. Experimental aircraft tests were progressing steadily. 6 months after its
17:04
first flight, the aircraft broke the sound barrier and achieved cruising supersonic speed within another 6
17:13
months. June 71st to Hangan 44 arrived in Labour. It was named the star of the
17:19
29 aerospace salon. One of his first visits to the exhibitions was by French
17:25
President Gor Pompidu aboard a Soviet
17:31
supauric. Almost simultaneously with the construction of the experimental machine two copies of the TU44 were created.
17:39
Here they are in the same hanger next door. This aircraft is significantly different from the first at the request
17:44
of Aeroflot. The number of passengers increased by almost a third. This led to significant changes in
17:51
design. The fuselage was lengthened by almost 6 m. As the weight of the aircraft
17:57
increased, increased the wing area, changed its shape, and this improved the aerodynamic quality of the lighter. The
18:05
engines were split in pairs to reduce the impact of the hot jets on the tail of the plane. The front rack of the landing
18:12
gear was moved forward. The main landing gear began to move not into the wing as on the experimental aircraft, but into
18:18
the compartment between the air intakes. To enhance takeoff and landing
18:23
capabilities, front wings were installed on the forward section of the fuselage. This innovative solution is
18:29
unique in its design which we can elucidate due to the specialized slit arrangement. The front wing produces
18:36
lift across a broad spectrum of attack angles and upon deployment there is a
18:41
converging moment as the angle of attack rises. To counteract this the 11s on the
18:48
main wing are lowered. By lowering they change the curvature of the wing profile and
18:53
thereby increase lift. This improves the takeoff and landing characteristics of the tuso 44
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and reduces the requirements for the aerodyome.
19:07
At the Verunes Aviation Plant, the development of the aircraft of the future was in full swing. Manufacturers faced a huge number
19:14
of problems. Take at least the manufacturer of large wing panels and a length of nine mentors. Nothing like
19:21
this in the Soviet Union before was not produced. The plant was visited by a delegation of
19:28
French aviation specialists headed by the president of Aerospol Honri Ziegler.
19:34
They were accompanied by Alexe Tupv. Guests watched with interest the processes of release and cleaning of the
19:40
chassis. Its complex kinematics are unique. In its own way, the trolley is compact so that it can be placed in a
19:46
narrow compartment. Finally, on March 29th, 721 serial 21
19:54
144 took to the air with its side number
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77102. TU44 is 65.7 m long, 12.5 m high with a wingspan of 28 m. It has a
20:08
maximum takeoff weight of 195 tons.
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Maximum speed 2500 km. Flight range is 3080 km with a
20:23
practical ceiling of 18750M, crew of four and can carry 150
20:33
passengers. The aircraft was transferred to Zjukovski airfield for further testing of the Tu 144. In the focus of
20:40
attention of journalists, no one guessed about the tragic fate of this aircraft. On June 3rd, 1973, during a
20:47
demonstration flight at the next aerospace show in Libour, the 2144
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crashed the last day of the exhibition. Soviet supersonic effectively performed
21:03
the demonstration program. At the end, he made another pass through the field
21:09
and made an energetic cut. As he exited it, just below the
21:16
edge of the clouds, he lowered his nose abruptly and headed for the ground. At the moment of withdrawal from
21:23
the peak, the plane from overload fell apart, killed six crew members and seven
21:28
residents of the town of Gusenville Couta field about the pubic area.
21:33
An investigation was ordered. According to the official version, the reason for the sharp maneuver was the evasion of
21:39
the Mirage aircraft, which was photographing the TU44 and could interfere with our
21:45
aircraft. However, in the early 1990s, new facts emerged. The pilots performed
21:52
an unplanned mode during the flight task of this mode was not.
21:57
Why did the crew risk changing the mission? The fact is that the day before Concord demonstrated a spectacular
22:03
maneuver at the end of its flight program, after landing and stopping, he took off again with a sharp increase in
22:11
altitude. Well, I was decided to show the maneuverable HOI the characteristics of the aircraft. Well, what happened was
22:18
that they turned on, which means the untested mode, and the plane in general suffered as a result of the disaster.
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The car had such blocks that were supplied with a test set for the first time. They have not yet been tested in
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the air. They should not have been turned on. And the plant in Voron did not turn them off in time. Well, they
22:44
didn't turn it off at all. They just put it on. They didn't turn it off. Or our
22:50
pilots. I don't know if these units are connected. They included them in flight. They included a system to improve
22:57
maneuverability characteristics, to increase the efficiency of the rudders. They thought that there would simply be
23:03
an increase in rudders, but it turned out to be unccalculated. And so
23:09
what? Back then, it wasn't difficult to combat
23:16
this. 73 years became fatal for the fate of the world's supersonic civil
23:21
aviation. The Americans abandoned their grand plan. The plane turned out to be too
23:27
expensive, but Boeing came on stage. The 747 is nothing that flies on subound,
23:34
but takes almost 500 passengers. At the Libour Air Show,
23:41
Airbus presented its firstborn widebody A300. With this premiere, the global
23:47
competition of two modern giants of aircraft industry began.
23:52
Meanwhile, the US government banned Concord flights over its territory. The
23:58
reason for numerous lawsuits in courts with complaints about the effects of sound
24:03
strikes. The Arab-Israeli conflict began in autumn, causing oil prices to skyrocket. Operating supersonic
24:10
aircraft, which consumed vast amounts of fuel, became economically unfeasible for
24:15
airlines. Mass supersonic transportation was put an end to.
24:22
USSR Minister of Civil Aviation Boris Bugay. Also, he was a preference for a
24:27
roomy subsonic aircraft in OK. Ilushin begins the design of the widebody
24:33
Airbus86. But there is a decision of the 24th Congress to PSC where it is
24:38
separately stated that by 75-year TU44 should go to the roots of
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Aeroflot. Bug realized that the TU 144 would always be a significant problem
24:50
for him. Firstly, you need to consider the economy. What the cost of
24:56
transportation on this plane will cost. What it will cost from the point of view
25:01
of transportation safety which was already large then at the end of the
25:06
year there was not enough kerosene. I believe
25:11
so. They wouldn't pull it anymore. Meanwhile, tests of the TU44 continued
25:17
for a full year. The main thing for a passenger car is its reliability. Here are tests to protect the engine from
25:23
water ingress during takeoff. For this purpose, a special pool is made on the strip. The plane operates at varying
25:33
speeds. And on these frames, the methods of evacuation of TU 144 during an
25:38
emergency landing without landing gear are practiced. Special pneumatic lifts are used for
25:44
this purpose. They are inflatable swamps. They put them under the
25:50
plane. Then they pump in air. The plane is
25:56
rising. A special trailer is provided and the tractors are evacuating
26:02
the car. They spent a considerable amount of time working on it.
26:07
We didn't leave the airfield 2 at 1504 and all this was done as quickly as possible. That is two in three shifts.
26:14
In fact, many did not
26:19
leave. Finally, to 144 received one in the Soviet Union certificate of
26:25
airworthiness were assigned regular passenger services to Alma Ata for flights over longer distances. The car
26:32
lacked range. The flight was scheduled for November 1st, 77. On the anniversary
26:38
of the October Revolution, the liner arrived. Minister Bugv reported to ship commander Boris Khnetsov. Ship Commander
26:45
Knetsov is ready. At 0903 was made one takeoff with
26:54
passengers. Foreign journalists were invited to cover the flight. In these footage of the chronicle, you can see
27:00
the correspondent of the German magazine Spiegel Norbert Akuhinka, who in two
27:05
years will become known to the entire Soviet Union as the performer of the role of Danish professor Bill Hansen
27:10
from the film Autumn Marathon Andrew. Okay, with
27:16
that exactly after O2, Yutu 144 landed in Alma, solemn meeting, flowers,
27:21
journalists, a small rally. I instructed take the tickets.
27:29
It's like being at the Dasha. I instruct you to travel for two hours and you'll be in Moscow. At 1531, TU44 returned back to
27:37
Domovo. The aircraft was placed on the schedule of regular
27:43
flights. It flew once a week and the ticket cost 68 rubles versus 48 for a
27:49
regular plane. They served caviar and cognac on board.
27:55
In general, exquisite dishes were offered. Or so the guides informed us. I don't know. I didn't try it
28:02
because we didn't have time there. There wasn't time here until you took off. Until you didn't have time to turn
28:07
around here. You already need to descend. What kind of food there? The
28:12
plane flew like a projectile fired from it from one city. It flies and exactly
28:18
according to a certain program. This was the most economical mode which
28:24
therefore allowed us to have a sufficient reserve of fuel to
28:29
leave aerodyome. All this was calculated. All flight safety issues
28:35
were provided and
28:42
flew. But still the 2144 was built for long-distance flights. It was supposed
28:47
to fly to Cabarovsk. But the whole problem is the veracity of Khnovv's engines. Every second they burned 11
28:55
kilon of fuel per hour totaling almost 40 tons. Tupv from the very beginning
29:01
understood the need to create an economical engine without after burner. It was commissioned to develop the team
29:08
of chief designer Peter Kolasoft in Ribinsk. There was experience in creating engines for supersonic
29:15
bombers but the work was very slow and I constantly faced problems.
29:22
We were there in practice just to study the operation of these Klesov engines and
29:29
when the director of the wheel factory asked well our engines need to do this
29:34
144 faster he told him that we would have it now the
29:41
Olympics and it is more important for us to provide engines for 62 aircraft and
29:48
therefore they were left with a small site such as the one on which they assembled these engines. So in general
29:56
quickly there and it was absolutely impossible to fully prepare the engine
30:03
qualitatively. Despite all the challenges, the initial prototypes of the new engines were completed by the
30:08
spring of 78. This allowed the commencement of state tests of the longrange 2 144D aircraft equipped with
30:14
Klesov engines. These tests proved to be successful. The only remaining task was to complete the final flight and assess
30:21
the functionality of the auxiliary power plant known as VSSL midair. This particular unit provides the aircraft
30:27
with electrical power during engine shutdowns. On restarting CU, a fire
30:38
started. A fire started on the engines on the right side. I drove which means smoke.
30:45
I gave the command from my side to park the vehicle and the landing was successfully
30:51
executed where yes at a speed of about 400 kmh there was a soft landing but
30:57
then very heavy overloads began.
31:02
The plane was partially destroyed and burned killing two members of the type.
31:08
I must say that the management system was self-confident until the very beginning.
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landing. If what is practically already little
31:20
worked, we found the reason. It resulted in death and there was nothing more to
31:26
it. The vibration tore off the welded appendix on the fuel line which had the
31:32
sensor on it and was filled with fuel from all.
31:38
And when they launched the hoist at tan, there was a fire.
31:45
This tragedy had nothing to do with aircraft with Khnaf engines flying on the Moscow Almati route. However,
31:52
passenger flights were closed. As a result, in 7 months, Aeroflot made only
31:57
55 flights and transported 394 passengers.
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Despite the disaster, the tuplights were determined to get the airliner back on the passenger routes. Tests and
32:14
refinements continued on June 23rd, 79, year 2 144D. First flew to Kabarovsk,
32:21
long-d distanceance flight was successful, but failures seemed to haunt the
32:27
car. 31st of July 80th. In one of the flights at an altitude of 17 kilometers,
32:32
the turbine disc of the aircraft collapsed.
32:38
Due to the crew's skill, they rescued the car and landed it in angles at a military
32:43
airfield. They opened the third engine. As soon as they opened it, blades and
32:49
tubes fell from it, which is not from there. It didn't seem to me that half
32:54
the engine whispered out of there. Six months later, another engine
33:01
failed on the test bench in Rabinsk. Again, improvements were
33:07
needed. Meanwhile, on Aeroflot lines, there was a successful introduction of Airbus IL86. It was manufactured at the
33:14
same Vores aircraft plant. The country's leadership has changed its attitude towards the supersonic airliner. At the
33:20
beginning of July 83rd, a government decree was issued to
33:25
stop all work. Aeroflot's reluctance to put into operation 2144 put an end to
33:31
its passenger career. A huge amount of money was spent on the creation of the
33:37
airliner. It is impossible to even name the exact amount. Was the money thrown to the wind? Well, the fact that this is
33:45
of course the fall of a big say forward because the head recently a lot of new
33:51
technologies including titanium. Scientists, designers gained knowledge
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and experience, thanks to which it became possible to create a supersonic bomber 2160.
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Basics of Russian strategic aviation. She's about 5'2 in tall. With a total of six large panels,
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two were utilized for creating strong, durable, largesiz mil ones. This
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facilitated the development of more advanced machinery better.
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The last aircraft to be released was transferred to the research institute with a machine bearing the tail number
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77,115 operating under the Buran space program. So the defendant's flight crew
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worked here. This is for the purpose of understanding how to perform flights and
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above all landings. They were doing a simulated
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landing. They planned the plane with the engines fired from a height of 5,000 nominals and somewhere up to 700 metals.
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Then turned on the increased engine mode and in general landed. A total of 16 aircraft were
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produced. Currently seven of them are in storage or museums with one of them in Germany at the Museum of Technology in
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Gins. Here he is on the pedestal and next to him stands Concord. Two cars were lost in plane
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crashes and seven were dismantled for
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metal. This car was also expected to be destroyed. In 2006, Alexi Omalushkin,
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who worked for 144 for more than 30 years, saw how workers began to cut off
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titanium engine hoods, and the barbaric cutting on metal pride of Soviet aircraft, managed to report to the
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governor of the Moscow region. Instructions followed to buy the
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car from scrap metal collectors. This case caused a wide public resonance,
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stirred up the press and television. A press conference was organized where Edward Elen and Yuri Civivertov met
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again. Members of the crew of the TU44 which made one flight in the distant 68
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years. The plane was painted in stealing order and now it is decorated with Max Air Shows.
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If we don't keep this plane then I don't know. We probably won't be worth anything because this is our
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history. I have heard an interesting expression that a nation dies when its history dies. She shouldn't die here and
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we should all somehow contribute to preserve this plane.
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