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The Tu-116, like the Tu-114, was based on the Tu-95 strategic bomber. Both airliners were developed in parallel with the Tu-116 taking priority due to the numerous visits of General Secretary Nikita Khrushchev to both Western and Eastern countries during the so-called Khrushchev Thaw. The aircraft's mission was to transport the head of state ...
Tupolev Tu-154M. Tu-104 "Camel" medium-range airliner developed from the Tu-16; Tu-114 Rossiya "Cleat" long-range airliner developed from the Tu-95; Tu-116 two Tu-95 bombers fitted with passenger cabins; Tu-124 "Cookpot" a short-haul jet airliner developed from the Tu-104; Tu-134 "Crusty" a rear-engine evolution of the Tu-124
Tupolev Tu-144 SST; Tupolev Tu-154 three-engine, medium-range narrow-body jet airliner; Tupolev Tu-155 version of Tu-155 with liquid hydrogen (later LNG) fuel; Tupolev Tu-156 re-engined Tu-155 with NK-89 engines; Tupolev Tu-160 supersonic, variable-wing heavy strategic bomber; also known as Aircraft 'K' Tupolev Tu-161 very long-range escort ...
The Tupolev Tu-95 (Russian: Туполев Ту-95; NATO reporting name: "Bear") is a large, four-engine turboprop-powered strategic bomber and missile platform. First flown in 1952, the Tu-95 entered service with the Long-Range Aviation of the Soviet Air Forces in 1956 and was first used in combat in 2015.
In the 1960s A. N. Tupolev's son, A. A. Tupolev, became active with management of the agency. His role included the development of the world's first supersonic airliner, the Tu-144, the popular Tu-154 airliner and the Tupolev Tu-22M strategic bomber. All these developments enabled the Soviet Union to achieve strategic military and civil ...
Tupolev Tu-95; Tupolev Tu-95LAL; Tupolev Tu-114; Tupolev Tu-116; Tupolev Tu-126; Tupolev Tu-142; V. Vickers Vanguard; Vickers Viscount; W. Westland WG.22
In response to a directive No.1561-868 from the Council of Ministers and Ministry of Aircraft Production order No.571, issued in August 1955, the Tupolev Design Bureau was to create an airliner that had a range of 8,000 km (4,971 mi), based on the Tupolev Tu-95 strategic bomber, powered by four Kuznetsov NK-12 engines driving contra-rotating propellers.
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)