As we know, civil supersonic aviation practically does not exist. Only a few planes have been preserved to our times. The Tu-144 is one from Ulyanovsk, Russia, and has been restored to a flying condition!
Very rare photos from inside of it!
Full album is here: TU-144 – Civil Supersonic Aviation Which Has Been Luckily Restored!
By: Good Vibs - 2nd November 2014 at 12:23
A couple more from Sinsheim
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By: Matty80 - 28th October 2014 at 15:47
These are great pictures, thanks for sharing!
By: ACDC - 26th October 2014 at 13:29
We visited the museum at Monino back in May this year, fascinating collection of aircraft including TU144 CCCP-77106. Unfortunately there was no internal access on the day we were there [ATTACH=CONFIG]232730[/ATTACH]
By: Arabella-Cox - 23rd October 2014 at 20:05
Thanks for sharing!
By: schurem - 19th October 2014 at 18:34
Gorgeous aircraft is gorgeous. Almost as pretty as Concorde. Thanks for posting these guys :applause:
By: Good Vibs - 18th October 2014 at 21:22
Here are a couple of the example in Sinsheim, date 11 May 2014
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By: tenthije - 1st October 2014 at 22:49
FWIW, the ‘144 that flew on behalf of NASA is stored at Moscow’s Zhukovsky airbase at the Tupolev works. This was what it looked like a bit over two years ago:
By: charliehunt - 1st October 2014 at 16:49
What happened to the one that the US helped to get back in the air ?
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/news/FactSheets/FS-062-DFRC.html#.VCwiN_k7v0s
By: AlanR - 1st October 2014 at 16:44
Lots about it here: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/news/FactSheets/FS-062-DFRC.html#.VCwhMlc09TE
By: AviationCV - 1st October 2014 at 15:05
Well NASA had one, but as I know, they did cancel that project/tests in 1999. They didn’t get funding.
By: garryrussell - 30th September 2014 at 07:31
I thought the US were just using one based in Russia an flown by test crew. I didn’t think they acyually had it delivered or that they operated it themselves?
This one appears to have a Paris Air Show number
By: paul178 - 29th September 2014 at 22:41
As an ex soldier from NI days the interior looks like an “on the blanket dirty protest” from the H Blocks!
By: mike currill - 29th September 2014 at 21:25
I thought it went to NASA. I’m not sure what happened from there on. I’m sure I remember reading that NASA actually had three of them for research purposes. Given the rarity of the type I would be more inclined to take that as one flyer and two as spares donors ( if it’s true they actually did receive three).
By: AlanR - 29th September 2014 at 19:21
What happened to the one that the US helped to get back in the air ?
By: SimonR - 29th September 2014 at 19:18
Wow – that looks pretty amazing.
Thing is though – would you trust it in flight?! I think I may just stand on the ground and watch from a respectable distance!
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