TU-144 Supersonic

This channel is dedicated to the first supersonic airliner that flew, the Tupolev TU-144.

 The Tupolev Tu-144 was the first supersonic transport aircraft (SST) in the world, and remains one of only two SSTs to enter commercial service, the other being Concorde. The design, publicly unveiled in January 1962, was constructed under the direction of the Soviet Tupolev design bureau, headed by Alexei A. Tupolev (http://www.facebook.com/AlexeyA.Tupolev?ref=hl#)

 The prototype first flew on 31 December 1968. near Moscow, two months before the first flight of Concorde. The Tu-144 first went supersonic on 5 June 1969, and on 25 May 1970. became the first commercial transport to exceed Mach 2.