Also a Beauty!

[Souichiro]

Ok so what if the design is stolen from Concorde? I still like this one! A new pack was released not so long a go this time including a VC (for you Bjorn?) Thanks for the heads up Ivan!

On the Platform


Up up and away.....


Le moon


Looking kinda sleek eh?


HALO...........


Follow the leader


Into the night


And almost there



I liked this thing before and I like it even a bit more now with the VC. I just think she looks great


Thanks for looking

[McLovin]

Damn....I gotta say man it is a beut and the pic of the HALo is a one of a kind..lol

[jordonj]

Is the throttle pedestal missing (so that the throttles are floating...I understand there was a problem and Tom is working on a fix...

[Souichiro]

Is the throttle pedestal missing (so that the throttles are floating...I understand there was a problem and Tom is working on a fix...

Don't know hardly looked at the inside but what I saw looked fine

[lemoncat]

a beauty indeed Souichiro...i love that bird takes some getting the hang of but well worth it.....lovely shots

[ctjoyce]

Didnt this end up flying faster than the concord?

[ATI_7500]

Yup, but not my kind of kite.

[Ivan]

Didnt this end up flying faster than the concord?

Little bit faster in cruise as the Tu-144S
Estimated a LOT faster (at least M2.4-M2.5 due to more engine power) for the Tu-144LL, but AFAIK they never reached that speed in the test flights

[|| Andy ||]

Great shots

Ok so what if the design is stolen from Concorde?

Ummmm, wasnt it the other way around??

[_82nd_Spitfire]

no it wasnt, the ruskies nicked it lol hence the lame name "concordeski"

[|| Andy ||]

[quote]TU-144 prototype being accompanied by analog-aircraft

[Souichiro]

It might have been that Concord go the title because the TU never actually started passenger service?

[|| Andy ||]

Thats it,
Thx mate,
thats been racking my mind...

[Ivan]

It might have been that Concord go the title because the TU never actually started passenger service?

First one (Tu-144A) does look different (no canards, other cockpit window layout). Photos
After the Le Bourget crash they made a few adjustments (most visible one: Canards) and they had them in service for a few years between Moscow and Almaty.

For the rest, just the basic russian approach: if it doesn't go fast enough, put a bigger engine in it (Tu-144D (few built, high tail numbers, Simsheim has one) had more power compared to the Tu-144S (main service model, flat exhaust)

According to the NASA guys that worked with the test program that involved both Concorde (not flown by NASA because there wasn't a plane availiable) and the Tu-144LL, the tupolev had better landing characteristics (less work needed to keep the nose up when the main gear touched), but the different engines that actually didn't quite fit made a mess of the throttle controls

[Souichiro]

I saw something a few years ago which if I remind correctly was about the possibility of a tu-144 taking into the air again?