April 15, 1988 took place the first flight of the experimental aircraft Tu-155 with an engine running on cryogenic fuel. The crew commander was test pilot Vladimir Sevankaev, co-pilot Andrei […]
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Category: History of Russian aviation
Was b747 sold in the USSR?
Photo by © Boeing In 1978, the Soviet Union and the United States held negotiations on the supply of Boeing 747 aircraft. The planes were planned to be used primarily […]
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March 11, 1957 – first flight of Tu-110
Photo by Creative Commons license March 11, 1957 took place the first flight of a prototype of the passenger plane Tu-110. Tupolev design bureau test pilot Dmitry Vasilievich Zyuzin took […]
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