It was supposed to be a Soviet triumph. Instead, it became the most public crash in the history of Cold War aviation. A ...

Paris Air Show, a display meant to showcase Soviet engineering turned into a tragedy witnessed by thousands. The crash of the ...

The Tu-144 Had Its Problems. There were downsides to the airplane, clearly. The Concordski’s weight didn’t help. It weighed around 20 tons – or 40,000 pounds heavier than the Concorde.

The Tu-144 first flew in 1968, two months before the Concorde. Top speed was an impressive Mach 2.15, slightly faster than the Concorde, and it could carry over 40 more passengers.