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Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-104B at Arlanda Airport in 1968, with drag parachute deployed. The Tupolev Tu-104 ( NATO reporting name: Camel) is a retired medium-range, narrow-body, twin turbojet -powered Soviet airliner. It was the second to enter regular service, behind the British de Havilland Comet and was the only jetliner operating in the world ...
1968–2013 [1] Number built. 1,026. Variants. Tupolev Tu-155. The Tupolev Tu-154 ( Russian: Tyполев Ту-154; NATO reporting name: " Careless ") is a three-engined, medium-range, narrow-body airliner designed in the mid-1960s and manufactured by Tupolev. A workhorse of Soviet and (subsequently) Russian airlines for several decades, it ...
The Tupolev Tu-160 ( Russian: Туполев Ту-160 Белый лебедь, romanized : Bely Lebed, lit. ' White Swan '; [ 1] NATO reporting name: Blackjack) is a supersonic, variable-sweep wing nuclear-capable heavy strategic bomber and airborne missile platform designed by the Tupolev Design Bureau in the Soviet Union in the 1970s.
Two U.S. Marshals were involved in the shooting of a suspected carjacker near the home of Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor last week.
Olympic swimmers spoke out about the Chinese doping scandal that has hung over these Paris Olympics as the events finished Sunday night. China won the men's 4x100-meter medley relay in 3 minutes ...
The Atlanta Hawks took Risacher with the No. 1 pick Wednesday night and France landed three players in the top six in a historic night for the country. “That’s amazing," Risacher said.
The Tu-110 was a major redesign of the Tu-104, powered by four Lyulka AL-7 turbojets rated at 5,500 kgf (53.9 kN; 12,100 lbf) thrust each, with two staggered engines in the root of each extended centre-section. The first prototype was flown on 11 March 1957. Production of the Tu-110 was authorised at the Kazan Aircraft Factory, with an initial ...
The Supreme Court waded into the contentious debate over gender-affirming care for transgender minors in a challenge to a Tennessee law that seeks to restrict it.