Tupolev Tu-114 airliner

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The Tupolev Tu-114 airliner is a Soviet long-range turboprop passenger aircraft, renowned for being one of the fastest and largest propeller-driven airliners ever built and for serving prestigious international routes during the Cold War era.

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instanceOf airliner
long-range aircraft
turboprop airliner
aircraftStructure all-metal
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
crewSize 5
cruiseSpeed about 770 km/h
derivedFrom Tupolev Tu-95
designer Andrei Tupolev
engineModel Kuznetsov NK-12
enteredServiceWith Aeroflot
era Cold War
firstFlightDate 1957-11-15
firstOperator Aeroflot
fuselageType double-deck cabin in forward section
hasVariant Tupolev Tu-114D
height 15.5 m
icaoDesignator TU11
introduced 1961
length 54.1 m
manufacturer Tupolev Design Bureau
maximumPassengerCapacity 220
maximumSpeed about 880 km/h
maximumTakeoffWeight 179000 kg
notableFor being one of the fastest propeller-driven airliners
being one of the largest propeller-driven airliners
numberBuilt 32
numberOfEngines 4
pressurizedCabin true
primaryUser Aeroflot
propellerConfiguration contra-rotating propellers
propulsionType turboprop
range about 9700 km
retired 1976
role passenger airliner
serviceCeiling 12000 m
sharesEngineWith Tupolev Tu-95
sharesWingWith Tupolev Tu-95
status retired
tailConfiguration conventional tail
typicalPassengerCapacity 170
usedBy Soviet Air Force (limited VIP transport)
usedFor prestigious international routes
usedOnRoute Moscow–Delhi
Moscow–Havana
Moscow–New York
Moscow–Paris
Moscow–Tokyo
wingConfiguration low-wing monoplane
wingspan 51.1 m

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Tupolev ("Tupolev Tu-114")
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Tupolev Tu-114 ("Tupolev Tu-114D")
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Andrei Tupolev
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