Tupolev TuâÂÂ144: The Soviet Supersonic Airliner
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| Rating | : | 4.66 (971 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0764348949 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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The book provides in-depth coverage of the “Concordski,” including projected versions, the Tu-144’s production and service history, and a comparison with the Concorde. program) and touches on the projected military derivatives. Though its career was all too brief, it was a major technological achievement for the Soviet aircraft industry. The book describes the Tu-144’s versions (including the Tu-144LL research aircraft developed under a Russian-U.S. Developed in the 1960s/1970s, the Tu-144 was the Soviet Union’s only practical venture into supersonic commercial aviation. It is illustrated with color side views and previously unpublished photographs.. Unfortunat
Dmitriy Komissarov has been a translator and journalist since 1993. About the Author Yefim Gordon has been an aviation journalist and photographer for more than 40 years. . Vladimir Rigmant is an aviation engineer and has worked for the Tupolev aircraft design bureau since 1986
Yefim Gordon has been an aviation journalist and photographer for more than 40 years. Dmitriy Komissarov has been a translator and journalist since 1993. . Vladimir Rigmant is an aviation engineer and has worked for the Tupolev aircraft design bureau since 1986
A Gallant Failure A definitive look at the most expensive failure in civil aviation. The only weak point is that there is little serious analysis as to why the aircraft was rejected by Aeroflot management after a very limited program of revenue flights. Some reasons only hinted at in the book:-- it required special nitrogenated low-bo. "Excellent book on an ambitious concept" according to JCAL. Excellent book on an ambitious project.The only quibble I have with this book is I would have liked a chapter on the engine.The only other ambitious book on the TU-1Excellent book on an ambitious concept JCAL Excellent book on an ambitious project.The only quibble I have with this book is I would have liked a chapter on the engine.The only other ambitious book on the TU-144 that was published in english I am aware of is; "Soviet SST: The Techno-Politics Of The Tupolev-144 by Howard Moon" And that volume is pushing 20 year. Excellent book on an ambitious concept JCAL Excellent book on an ambitious project.The only quibble I have with this book is I would have liked a chapter on the engine.The only other ambitious book on the TU-144 that was published in english I am aware of is; "Soviet SST: The Techno-Politics Of The Tupolev-144 by Howard Moon" And that volume is pushing 20 year. that was published in english I am aware of is; "Soviet SST: The Techno-Politics Of The Tupolev-1Excellent book on an ambitious concept JCAL Excellent book on an ambitious project.The only quibble I have with this book is I would have liked a chapter on the engine.The only other ambitious book on the TU-144 that was published in english I am aware of is; "Soviet SST: The Techno-Politics Of The Tupolev-144 by Howard Moon" And that volume is pushing 20 year. Excellent book on an ambitious concept JCAL Excellent book on an ambitious project.The only quibble I have with this book is I would have liked a chapter on the engine.The only other ambitious book on the TU-144 that was published in english I am aware of is; "Soviet SST: The Techno-Politics Of The Tupolev-144 by Howard Moon" And that volume is pushing 20 year. by Howard Moon" And that volume is pushing 20 year. E. R. Eisman said Excellent History of the "Concordeski," the Soviet Take on a Supersonic Airliner. This is a great book, the best and most complete assessment we're ever likely to see of this beautiful, but, in-the-end fatally-flawed, airliner. The text is accompanied by great photos, and side-view drawing, many in color, and includes the remarkable, and unique, joint U.S.-Russian research and flight testing progr