To many, when they think of supersonic airliners, they instantly think of Concorde. The joint Anglo-French aircraft that served for nearly 30 years, ferrying people across the Atlantic at Mach 2.
The Tupolev Tu-144 was the Soviet Union’s answer to Concorde — a supersonic passenger jet built to prove the USSR could ...
Uncover the Cold War espionage behind the Tu-144—known as the “Soviet Concorde.” Explore how Soviet agents allegedly stole Western aviation secrets to create their own supersonic jet. Republican ...
Here’s What You Need To Remember: The problems Concorde experienced were due to regulations and market forces, rather than shortcomings inherent to the airframe itself. The Soviet-built Tu-144 ...
CONCORDE: THE UNTOLD STORY is a two-episode documentary that goes inside the race to build the first supersonic airliner at the height of the Cold War, with Europe's Concorde racing against the Soviet ...