After the Space Race there was the supersonic race, as three countries vied to build the first passenger supersonic airliner ...
It was the world’s first supersonic airliner—but it couldn’t compete. The Tu-144 promised to outpace Concorde, yet its ...
The 1973 Paris Air Show was meant to showcase Soviet engineering supremacy. Instead, the TU-144 disintegrated in mid-air before 250,000 spectators. This episode uncovers the shocking sequence of ...