Similar to a delta wing, the Soviet-developed Tu-144 incorporated special retractable foreplanes (canards) to improve lift and control at low speeds. Also, in contrast to the Concorde, its engines ...

Boom Technology began ground testing of the aircraft in December 2022. Following a comprehensive taxi test campaign, the ...

The only supersonic airliners ever made, the Concorde and the Tupolev Tu-144, were not private ventures. While the cost of the Tu-144 is opaque due to the nature of the Soviet Union's economy ...

A catastrophic 1973 Paris air show crash of the competing Russian airliner, Tupolev Tu-144, also shifted public perception on supersonic flight safety at a time when many airlines were considering ...

But in the early 2000s, Moscow envisioned updating its airborne reconnaissance capabilities with the Tupolev Tu-214R. Today, the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) operates only three of these planes ...

Tula-Tu, a two-week-old female Asian elephant calf born at the Oregon Zoo, will finally make her public debut Friday. The baby elephant has spent the past few weeks bonding with her mother ...

A pair picked up in a vintage shop down a side street in Paris? No, they were from Tu at Sainsbury’s, and available to pick up with your weekly shop. This is not the only time the supermarket ...

Iran’s Deputy Transportation Minister Ali Akbar Golrounia said in Tehran Tuesday that the possibility of explosion being the cause of the Tupolev 154 plane crash in Lorestan province last ...

In fact, the images, taken on Feb. 18 and 19, over the Bering and Chukchi Seas, show U.S. Air Force F-35A chasing two Russian Tu-95MS strategic missile carriers escorted by two Su-35s. Noteworthy ...