Tupolev Tu-144 supersonic airliner

E63148

airliner jet airliner supersonic transport aircraft

The Tupolev Tu-144 supersonic airliner was a Soviet passenger jet, often compared to the Concorde, that became the world’s first commercial supersonic transport aircraft to fly.

Aliases (4)

Tupolev Tu-144 ×51
Tu-144 ×1
Tu-144D ×1
Tu-144S ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	airliner → jet airliner → supersonic transport aircraft →
accident	crash at 1973 Paris Air Show →
cargoServiceEnded	1983 →
commercialServiceEnded	1978 →
comparableTo	Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde →
countryOfOrigin	Soviet Union →
crew	3 →
cruiseSpeed	Mach 2.0 →
designedBy	Alexei Tupolev →
engineMounting	underwing pods →
enteredService	1975 →
firstCommercialFlight	1975-12-26 →
firstFlight	1968-12-31 →
firstFlightLocation	Zhukovsky Airfield →
firstOperator	Aeroflot →
firstSupersonicFlight	1969-06-05 →
fuelType	kerosene jet fuel →
hasConfiguration	twin-aisle cabin →
hasFeature	retractable canard surfaces →
height	12.5 m →
improvedVariant	Tu-144D →
landingGear	tricycle landing gear →
length	65.5 m →
manufacturer	Tupolev Design Bureau →
maximumPassengerCapacity	140 →
maximumSpeed	Mach 2.15 →
natoReportingName	Charger →
notableEvent	first commercial supersonic transport aircraft to fly →
numberBuilt	16 →
numberOfEngines	4 →
powerplant	Kolesov RD-36-51 turbojet engine → Kuznetsov NK-144 turbofan engine →
primaryUser	Aeroflot →
productionVariant	Tu-144S →
prototypeDesignation	Tu-144 →
range	6500 km →
retired	1978 →
role	cargo transport → passenger transport → testbed aircraft →
serviceCeiling	20000 m →
status	retired →
takeoffWeight	180000 kg →
typicalPassengerCapacity	120 →
usedAs	NASA and Russian research testbed (Tu-144LL) →
usedFor	Moscow–Alma-Ata route →
wingConfiguration	delta wing →
wingspan	28.8 m →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Tupolev ("Tupolev Tu-144") →	hasProduct
Tupolev Tu-144 ("Tu-144D") →	improvedVariant
Andrei Tupolev →	notableWork
Tupolev Tu-144 ("Tu-144S") →	productionVariant
Tupolev Tu-144 ("Tu-144") →	prototypeDesignation