Soviet Super-Charger: The Tu-144
The Tupolev 144 (NATO codename ‘Charger’) is a magnificent looking airliner that pushed Soviet technology to the brink and beyond […]
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Far Eastern Classics: Il-62 ‘Basics’
The Il-62 (NATO codename ‘Classic’), in 1967, finally gave the Soviet Union a long-haul jet airliner, albeit one comparable to
Candid About the Camber: Aeroflot’s IL-86 Airbus
The Ilyushin IL-86 ‘Camber’ encapsulates a big chunk of what was wrong with the Soviet Union, but also some of
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