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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 ...
The Tupolev Tu-91 (NATO reporting name Boot) [1] was a two-seat Soviet attack aircraft built during the 1950s. It was initially designed as a carrier-borne aircraft, but was converted into a land-based aircraft after Joseph Stalin 's death in 1953 cancelled the aircraft carriers being designed.
Tu-79 (II): as Tu-78 but powered by Soviet engines, 1949; previously known as Tu-73R Tu-80 : prototype long-range bomber variant of the Tu-4, predecessor of Tu-85, 1949 Tu-81 (I) : twin-engined medium bomber project developed from the Tu-73, 1949
Even before the first flights of the Tu-16 and Tu-20/Tu-95, Tupolev was working on supersonic bombers, culminating in the unsuccessful Tu-98. Although that aircraft never entered service, it became the basis for the prototype Tu-102 (later developed into the Tu-28 interceptor ) and the Tu-105 , which evolved into the supersonic Tu-22 bomber in ...
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 ...
Accidents and incidents involving the Tupolev Tu-124 (8 P) Accidents and incidents involving the Tupolev Tu-134 (29 P) Accidents and incidents involving the Tupolev Tu-154 (1 C, 43 P)
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 ...
The military designation was at first Tu-28, [2] [5] but the existing aircraft were renamed in 1963. [1] [11] The entire weapon complex (aircraft, radar, missiles) was designated Tu-128S-4. [1] [2] In the Western sources, but not in Soviet, often the more precise, but erroneous, designation of this version [3] [4] [9] is mentioned as either Tu ...