Tupolev Tu-104 jet airliner

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The Tupolev Tu-104 was one of the world’s first successful jet airliners, developed in the Soviet Union in the 1950s and used extensively by Aeroflot for medium-range passenger flights.

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Tupolev Tu-104 1
Tupolev Tu-104 (transport variants) 1
Tupolev Tu-107 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf jet airliner
medium-range airliner
narrow-body airliner
aircraftRole passenger airliner
transport aircraft
airlineServiceType medium-haul routes
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
crew 5
cruiseSpeed 800 km/h
designFeature fuselage derived from Tu-16 bomber
swept wings
developedFrom Tupolev Tu-16 bomber
surface form: Tupolev Tu-16
emptyWeight 42000 kg
engineCount 2
engineType turbojet
enteredService 1956
firstFlightDate 1955-06-17
firstJetAirlinerInServiceFor Aeroflot
firstOperator Aeroflot
height 11.90 m
introducedOnRoute Moscow–Irkutsk
Moscow–Prague
landingGear tricycle landing gear
landingRun 1800 m
length 38.85 m
manufacturer Tupolev
surface form: Tupolev Design Bureau
maximumPassengerCapacity 100
maximumSpeed 950 km/h
maximumTakeoffWeight 75000 kg
natoReportingName Camel
notableFor being among the world’s first successful jet airliners
being the second jet airliner to enter regular service after the de Havilland Comet
numberBuilt 201
otherOperator Czech Airlines
surface form: Czechoslovak Airlines
powerplant 2 × Mikulin AM-3 turbojet engines
primaryOperator Aeroflot
productionPeriod 1956–1960
range 2650 km
retiredFromService 1981
serviceCeiling 12000 m
status retired
successor Tupolev Tu-124
Tupolev Tu-134 airliner
surface form: Tupolev Tu-134
tailConfiguration conventional tail
takeoffRun 2350 m
typicalPassengerCapacity 50
usedBy Czechoslovak Air Force
Soviet Air Forces
surface form: Soviet Air Force
wingArea 184 m²
wingspan 34.54 m

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Military Transport Aviation aircraftOperated Tupolev Tu-104 jet airliner
this entity surface form: Tupolev Tu-104 (transport variants)
Tupolev hasProduct Tupolev Tu-104 jet airliner
this entity surface form: Tupolev Tu-110
Tupolev hasProduct Tupolev Tu-104 jet airliner
this entity surface form: Tupolev Tu-104
Tupolev hasProduct Tupolev Tu-104 jet airliner
this entity surface form: Tupolev Tu-107
Andrei Tupolev notableWork Tupolev Tu-104 jet airliner