Plastic model kit of a Soviet supersonic passenger jet with 214 parts. Length built 457 mm. The Soviet supersonic passenger aircraft Tu-144 was developed at the Tupolev Design Bureau and was the first aircraft of this class in the world. This aircraft took off for the first time on 31 December 1968, several months before the British-French "Concorde". The aircraft began operating on the Moscow-Alma-Ata route in 1975. The use of the supersonic aircraft for passenger flights ended in 1978 and the aircraft were subsequently used as flying laboratories. NASA used the TU-144 as a supersonic training aircraft until 1998. Up to 150 passengers could be comfortably seated on board. The flight speed was 2,300 km/h (Mach 2) and the cruising altitude was 16,000-17,000 metres. The TU-144 with the flight number USSR-77110 regularly carried out passenger transports in 1977/78 and took part in the XXXII International Air Show in Le Bourget in 1977, where it was given the exhibition number 345. After it ceased operations, the aircraft was transferred to the Ulyanovsk Museum of Civil Aviation in 1984, where it remains to this day.
Group
Model Construction
Condition
unpainted, kit
Scale
Scale 1:144
Material
Plastic
Epoch
Modern Armies
Time
ab 1946
State
new
Not a toy! Not suitable for children under the age of 14!
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Responsible person
Faller GmbH
Kreuzstr. 9 78148 Gütenbach /Schwarzwald Deutschland [email protected]
