By: SOC - 4th February 2003 at 03:28
RE: Pic of the day-A faster Hammer and Sickle!
True true. My passion has always been Soviet/Russian military hardware, I spend most of my time on the AFM board (when it works, of course!). But I can’t resist joining in on a thread featuring one of the most historically significant civil airliners of all time-Tupolev’s Tu-144 CHARGER. Too bad it doesn’t feature more often over here!
SOC
“Peace through kinetic solutions”
By: MSR777 - 3rd February 2003 at 19:52
RE: Pic of the day-A faster Hammer and Sickle!
One of the greatest things about my short time in this forum is the people I have now come across who like myself enjoy and have an interest in Soviet/Russian types. But then again I guess that’s what a good forum is all about!
The future’s bright – the future’s Airbus!
IF62M
By: SOC - 3rd February 2003 at 17:00
RE: Pic of the day-A faster Hammer and Sickle!
Flight testing using the re-engined RA-77114 concluded in 1999. Rumor has it that the aircraft has been sold and will be flown (!) to the USA for display. As for the re-engining, the original (77114 was a D model) RD-36-51 engines were replaced with NK-321’s as used in Tupolevs other supersonic enormity, the Tu-160.
I have accumulated a massive amount of info on these fascinating aircraft over the years, definitely my favorite civil type.
SOC
“Peace through kinetic solutions”
By: MSR777 - 1st February 2003 at 17:29
RE: Pic of the day-A faster Hammer and Sickle!
Yes they are,I understand that this programme is still ongoing but I don’t know anything about how useful this exercise has been. Anyone else know?
The future’s bright – the future’s Airbus!
IF62M
By: Ren Frew - 1st February 2003 at 14:22
RE: Pic of the day-A faster Hammer and Sickle!
Weren’t Boeing or Nasa using one recently for exploratory work ? What became of those tests, did they prove useful for future SST types ?
By: mongu - 1st February 2003 at 13:49
RE: Pic of the day-A faster Hammer and Sickle!
Well spotted wys. I thought the downward control surfaces were just the result of a lazy pilot!
By: wysiwyg - 1st February 2003 at 09:48
RE: Pic of the day-A faster Hammer and Sickle!
Depressurise the hydraulics and all the elevons lose out to gravity.
By: KabirT - 1st February 2003 at 08:12
RE: Pic of the day-A faster Hammer and Sickle!
beautiful!
By: EGNM - 1st February 2003 at 00:29
RE: Pic of the day-A faster Hammer and Sickle!
Nice! – let it all hang out!
By: LukeEGTE - 31st January 2003 at 22:43
RE: Pic of the day-A faster Hammer and Sickle!
Just looking at it scares me! I think it’s the way the back just appears to be dragging along the floor!
Regards
Luke
By: A330Crazy - 31st January 2003 at 22:36
RE: Pic of the day-A faster Hammer and Sickle!
Great pic, now that is the only aircraft that we don’t see or hear anything about on here the TU-144! Like you said…what could have been.
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