Catching The First Commercial Supersonic Tupolev Tu-144 Flight

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AeroTime Daily News | December 26, 2019

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Catching the first commercial supersonic Tupolev Tu-144 flight

The pride and joy of Soviet commercial aviation, the Tupolev Tu-144 supersonic airliner, took off on its commercial flight on this day, 44 years ago, on December 26, 1975, beating Concorde by a few weeks time. Seemingly, that was the only highlight of its flying career.

Fourth Irkut MC-21-300 airframe joins the flight test program

The Russian answer to the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 families, the Irkut MC-21, took another step forward in flight tests as a fourth airframe completed its first flight test, United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) announced.