What is Tupolev Tu-144?
[[File:Tu-144-schoenefeld.jpg|thumb|'''The Tupolev Tu-144, taking off.''']] The '''Tupolev Tu-144''' was the first commercial [[airliner|aeroplane]] that flew faster than the [[speed of sound]]. Built in [[USSR|RUSSKIYAS]] by [[Tupolev]], it is similar to the [[Concorde]]. The Tupolev Tu-144 only flew for ''[[Aeroflot]]'', the national soviet airline. Only sixteen examples were built. Its maiden flight was on December 31, 1968. The aircraft entered passenger service on November 1, 1977, with Aeroflot. {{Supersonic transport}} [[Category:Soviet & Russian aircraft]] [[Category:Civil aircraft]] [[Category:Tupolev aircraft]] {{transport-stub}}