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The Tupolev Tu-4 (Russian: Туполев Ту-4; NATO reporting name: Bull) is a piston-engined Soviet strategic bomber that served the Soviet Air Force from the late 1940s to mid-1960s. The aircraft was a copy of the American Boeing B-29 Superfortress , having been reverse-engineered from seized aircraft that had made emergency landings in ...
Tu-74 (also known as Tu-73R): proposed high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft developed from the Tu-73 Tu-75 : prototype cargo/transport variant of the Tu-4, 1950 Tu-76 (I) : radial/jet engined torpedo bomber project developed from the Tu-74, 1946
Tupolev Tu-76 military transport version of the Tu-4; also known as Tu-4D; Tupolev Tu-79 Tu-4 with M-49TK engines; Tupolev Tu-80 long-range bomber derivative of the Tu-4, precursor of the Tu-85; Tupolev Tu-81 initial prototype of the Tu-14; Tupolev Tu-82 experimental swept-wing jet bomber; Tupolev Tu-85 long-range heavy bomber derivative of the ...
The KJ-1 (from Chinese: 空警; pinyin: Kōng Jǐng, short for 空中预警 kōngzhōng yùjǐng meaning "airborne early warning") was a Chinese experimental airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft, based on a Tupolev Tu-4 bomber aircraft (itself being an unlicensed, reverse engineered copy of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress [1]).
A Soviet Myasishchev 3MD in 1982. Following World War II, the Soviet Union prioritized developing a long-range strategic bomber capable of delivering atomic weapons.Their first aircraft was the Tupolev Tu-4, a reverse-engineered version of the American B-29 Superfortress.
The Tupolev Tu-80 (Russian: Туполев Ту-80) was a Soviet prototype for a longer-ranged version of the Tupolev Tu-4 bomber, an unlicensed, reverse engineered copy of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress. It was cancelled in 1949 in favor of the Tupolev Tu-85 program which offered even more range. The sole prototype was used in various test ...
The Shvetsov ASh-73 was an 18-cylinder, air-cooled, radial aircraft engine produced between 1947 and 1957 in the Soviet Union. It was primarily used as the powerplant for the Tupolev Tu-4 heavy bomber, an unlicensed, reverse engineered copy of the American Boeing B-29 Superfortress.
The Tupolev Tu-75 (Russian: Туполев Ту-75) was a military transport variant of the Tu-4 bomber, an unlicensed, reverse engineered copy of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress. The Tu-75 was similar to the Tu-70 airliner, both using a new, purpose-designed fuselage. The first Soviet military machine of this class, it was equipped with a rear ...