Comments on: Two Tu-144 were sold as a heap of nonferrous scrap

By: tim bennett

tim bennett — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 09:52:19 +0000

wanted tu-144 items. can anyone help

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 08:40:04 +0000

I am 15 years of age and have found this forum most interesting! I am a massive TU-144 fanatic and have been in contact with the general designers at Tupolev in Moscow (MOCKBA). I have rebuilt one of the aircraft in a scaled down version, registered CCCP-77116. A beautiful aircraft, far more attractive than concorde! The TU-144 seems to have more character and grace than the concorde and a more interesting and mysterious history. I had intentions of buying the forward nose cone from CCCP-77108, as a piece of memorabilia, but cannot trace the aircraft down. I have installed replica Kolesov RD-36-51A engines and aeroflot fittings and livery. I hope they can save the remaining TU-144s out there, they are wonderful machines! Congrats to A.N and A.A Tupolev and to the Russian Design bureau!

By: Pavel

Pavel — Wed, 16 May 2007 12:47:54 +0000

Yes, it is written in the article. Thanks for good photo!

By: Sinterklaas

Sinterklaas — Sun, 13 May 2007 20:16:56 +0000

The CCCP-77112 is in Germany
http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=5976392

By: tejavia

tejavia — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 23:32:55 +0000

77114 woiuld have flown around the world once, then subsequently donated to a museum after providing high-profile visibility for a well-financed startup company.

You can blame either Prof. Poukhov, the MOD, or maybe even the GRU, but the buyer had the money in escrow and bent over backwards to get the plane.

This bird is deader than fried chicken.

By: fa

fa — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 19:44:18 +0000

wel,people are breaking their heads just to make other supersonic private jets….why not take the concorde or tu-144 and make the interior like a privat jet and work on the engines to make them less thirsty for fuel.
isn’t that cheaper than to design a new plane that can go supersonic?
cause you already have the plane just make it better just like the germans do with their porsche

By: UX-150FD

UX-150FD — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 12:10:20 +0000

Well, that’s a boring story for Tu-144. I’ll buy one if I could but not for cut or do something destory the plane. I just want to know all data about it and how it was made. I’m designing my own supersonic aircraft now and I need more data about the SST.

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 23:25:48 +0000

I feel very sorry about the plane’s fate.It was “unlucky” from the beginning.
Althogh NASA helped financially to recover one of the TU-144’s it is Russian engines and design that made it fly supersonically again

By: Jetinder

Jetinder — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 13:45:23 +0000

I feel gutted and very sad that this has happened.

I’ve been a life long Concorde fan and Concorde chaser. i know if this ever happened to any of the remaining Concordes (currently ” stuck ” in museums) there would be a national out cry.

I always wanted to see a TU144 and fly on one, but never got the chance.

The TU144 was the ” Russian Concorde ” and all of them should have been kept safe secure just like the Russians kept Yuri Gagarin’s space craft safe.

Concorde and the TU144 represented the future, which meant this time 3 years ago you could fly from Heathrow to New York on Concorde in 3 1/2 hours as opposed to 7-8 hrs on a subsonic Boeing 747.

The TU144 due to its fuel hungry engines and lack of supercruise never had the capability to fly to New York.

In 1990’s NASA brought a TU144 back from the scrap heap, made it flight worthy and mach 2 flight capable, they proved that they could do it and they did it.

People like Bill Gates and other rich men could save the TU144 + Concorde and lauch a new eara in aviation where mach 2 SSTs are ” THE ” way to travel and subsonics like the Airbus A380, Boeing 747 etc are left on the scrap heap and in the past as they are all to slow……..

I hope the remaining TU144s are kept safe.

We cant let these planes die, they need to be kept safe……….

By: JT

JT — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 23:24:36 +0000

Well although Im Swedish I am feeling sorry for you Russian guys.

Back in 2001 (cant recall the exact time/date) I looked in to buying 77114 when she was up for sale. No reaction from the seller, maybe they didnt want to sell here when push came to show.

Now It look as if we can only look on and accept that there is no honor among some people.

P.S It would at least have saved her from being cutup… this is bad, real bad!