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Why You Wouldn't Want to Fly On The Soviet Concorde - The TU-144 Story (2017x3)

: 15, 2017

While the Concorde is often hailed as a triumph of modern engineering, the first supersonic transport to ever fly was actually Soviet-built. The Tupolev TU-144 flew even faster than the Concorde and it carried more passengers. What happened to this aircraft and why have so few heard about it?