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In the late 1970s, Tupolev contemplated the development of a long-range heavy interceptor (DP-2) based on the Tu-144D also able to escort bombers on long-range missions. Later this project evolved into an aircraft for electronic countermeasures (ECM) to suppress enemy radars and facilitate bomber's penetration through enemy air defenses (Tu-144PP).
The aircraft was a supersonic Tupolev Tu-144D, registered CCCP-77111, built at the Voronezh Aircraft Production Association facility and destined for Soviet flag carrier Aeroflot. It had first flown on 27 April 1978 and completed test flights on 12 May, 16 May, and 18 May, as well as another test flight earlier on the day of the accident.
The 1973 Paris Air Show Tu-144 crash of Sunday 3 June 1973 destroyed the second production model of the Soviet supersonic Tupolev Tu-144.The aircraft disintegrated in the air while performing extreme manoeuvres and fell on the town of Goussainville, Val-d'Oise, France, killing all six crew members and eight people on the ground.
This engine was a replacement for the Kuznetsov NK-144 turbofan used on the Tu-144D SST, giving an increase in full payload range from 3,080km to 5,330km. [3] It is recognizable by the translating-plug variable-area nozzle. [4] RD-36-51A
Tu-206: a Tu-204 converted into a testbed for alternative fuels; Tu-216: a Tu-204 converted into a testbed for cryogenic fuel; Tu-230 (also known as Tu-260): hypersonic attack aircraft project, 1983; Tu-230: twin-engine military cargo transport; cancelled in favor of Ilyushin Il-214; Tu-244: SST concept developed from the Tu-144, 1979
Tupolev ANT-20: None: Mid-air collision CCCP-45076: near Chkalovsky Airport: 14 January 1966: Tupolev Tu-134: None: Loss of control CCCP-77102: Goussainville, Val-d'Oise: 3 June 1973: Tupolev Tu-144S: None: In-flight breakup, loss of control CCCP-77111: Khabarovsk Novy Airport: 23 May 1978: Tupolev Tu-144D: None: Fuel leak, in-flight fire ...
The crash of a test flight of a Soviet Tupolev Tu-144D supersonic passenger jet halted flights completely. A crew of eight was making the final test before the jet's scheduled delivery to the Soviet Union national airline, Aeroflot and departed Moscow's Zhukovsky Airport. A fuel line had ruptured and caused eight tons of fuel to leak into the ...
June 1 – The Tupolev Tu-144 supersonic transport makes its 55th and final passenger flight, an Aeroflot flight on the Soviet Union's domestic Moscow-Alma-Ata route. Tu-144s have carried a total of 3,194 passengers, an average of 58 passengers per flight. Although it never carries passengers again, the Tu-144 will resume cargo service in June ...