Why You Wouldn't Want to Fly On The Soviet Concorde - The TU-144 Story 

The Technik Museum Sinsheim in Germany has both the Concorde and the Russian Tupolev Tu-144 displayed on poles. You can look at them from a distance next to one another, from underneath close up, or climb the stairs and go inside. The entire museum is worth the visit.

In Russia, passenger is silent and airplane does the talking.

The irony of fate is that both air crashes of two planes are separated by 2 kilometers from each other the Tu-144 crash near Paris was an aviation disaster that occurred on Sunday, June 3, 1973 at the 30th Le Bourget International Air Show. The Concorde disaster near Paris was a major aviation accident that occurred on Tuesday, July 25, 2000 Gonesse, 4 km from Charles de Gaulle Airport.

"Passengers can't even talk to each other" Soviet government: sorry...I miss the part where this is a problem...

Concorde: we have to be fancy Tupolev: if it goes supersonic then it goes supersonic.

"Passengers couldn't talk to each other." Me: Good. This is the flight for me.

I have flown on both the Concorde and the Tu144. The interior of the Tu-144 was loud, sure, but it was quite possible to carry on conversations and the plane was quite comfortable. The windows were much larger than the tiny Concord widows and made for quite a view when at altitude.

The Cold War is definitely my favorite period of history. Yes the Cold War was filled with conflict, division, and bloodshed but it gave superpowers an excuse to advance in technology. To outdo each other. It's like watching a tennis match seeing two countries go back and forth between each other. I mean just look at the Moscow 1980 and Los Angeles 1984 Olympics as an example of the Cold War. The Moscow 1980 emblem had a communist star, the mascot was the national animal, and we boycotted the games. Then Los Angeles 1984 came around and the US went all "AMERICA, F YEAH" on it with an emblem with stars in the most patriotic way possible, a mascot that was the national animal in the most patriotic way possible with a Lady Liberty torch and Uncle Sam hat, and the Soviets boycotted the games. Being of both Russian and Cuban descent (my mom's side left Cuba years before the revolution because of Batista and his treatment of the lower classes), I've made it a goal to learn about the cultures/histories of the countries of my heritage and two of those countries being Cuba and Russia, I learned a lot about the Cold War. Whether you like history or not, can't help but admit that it's incredible to go back in time in a certain period, learn of achievements at the time, and see how much we've changed since then.

"It was loud, uncofortable, dangerous..." Russians: whats wrong?

"Development of the plane was rushed, airworthiness was in serious question"... Boeing 737 MAX Engineers: Take notes

Was on board of a TU-144 3 or 4 years ago in Kazan, Russia. Beautiful plane.

isnt that crazy? in the beginning of the century there was the first flight of an airplane ever. 40 years later jetengines had been developed and 60 years after the first aeroplane ever there were supersonic planes that carried passangers already. crazy how fast that developed.

This takes "Rush B" to a _whole_ new level.

Mustard: "The problem was the TU144 had clearly been rushed in its development " *Boeing has left the chat*

Your ending animation screen with the smoke, continues to bring us back to this Mustard story. (Fan of you and your Bros work) 100%

I would really like to know the sources of information where it says that Soviet spies "stole" about 90 thousand documents related to Concord? As far as I know, the prototypes of the Tu-144 were laid in 1965 and for Tupolev it was not entirely new technologies, since they already had the supersonic Tu-22, which had been in operation since 1962.

"Making a brutally hard landing" RYANAIR HAS JOINED THE CHAT

Fun fact- The NK-32 engines are still being used in the supersonic bomber TU-160. The fastest bomber in history.

TU 144 remained in commercial business till 1983 and for research purposes till 1999. It is not as bad it sounds in this video. Infact, NASA chose TU144 over Concord for its Eclipse mission. The engineering and maneuverability was much better of TU144 than the Concord.

Mustard: i want the real concorde Concorde: Mustard: *i said the real one* Aeroflot: *maybe this will change your ideas* Mustard: *PERFECTION*

Russian accent: engine noise let’s you know it’s working

When it goes supersonic, you hear a loud *BLYAT* intead of a Sonic boom

I must say, congratulations Mustard. Your channel has grown and come such a long way! Did you even think you would be starting your own streaming service back at this point?

0:25 I like to imagine that this is the music that played when you entered the plane. And especially during turbulences.

Reasons why Concordes and Tu-144's don't fly today: 1. Kerosene; 2. Kerosene; 3. *A V E R Y L O T O F K E R O S E N E*

British: I love my new airplane design Soviets: *our*

Nevetheless ty144 was THE FIRST flying supersonic. And it was experimental plane. USSR builds dozens of 144, and each new plane was different from the previous one (and especially diffenent from concorde). The aim for USSR was supersonic industry but not victrory over concorde.

My grandma told me that back in the days she could fly from some parts of soviet union twice as fast as its now when i asked her how it was possible she said "Tu144"

I've been in both of them :D In a German Museum. It was quite interesting.

" We need to get to Kazakhstan faster " " why" ?

The Tu-144 was the first to take to the sky on December 31, 1968, 3 months earlier than the Concorde on March 2, 1969.

Me: Mom can I get a Concorde? Mom: We have Concorde at home! Concorde at home:

When you live in Moscow but there's a sale on vodka in Almaty: *"Ivan, Get the Tu-144"*

Well, my mom flew Tu-144 when she was a girl together with my grandma. And I recall her stories about that. How super cool it was. She also said that engine noise passed when the plane gained supersonic speed. Actually she did not complain about noise only said about supersonic speed quietness. I think it's like an attraction to enjoy supersonic speed at supersonic age feel the engine for some time and then observe the sonic boom phenomena and much less noise. I think anyone who flew it would recall it with admiration. It's not like you fly to space and say well it was super comfy. It's not about that. Relative danger makes the flight even a greater adventure and fun. May be I'll ask my mom about her memories of this flight when i talk to her again. My grandma was a teacher btw and granddad was a miner both never drank alcohol in case you want to mix some racism here. P.S.: spoke to mom. She visited cockpit in flight as a child. Will post more info soon. May be she remembers pilots or some interesting details. I think at that time children and curious people in the western countries too were allowed to visit cockpit sometimes.

Mustard: She was loud, uncomfortable, a little dangerous, and can make a brutally hard landing. USSR: That's the power of Soviet engineering- Ryanair, shows up in a time machine: *I'VE BEEN SUMMONED* While I love going to summits with other leaders on my glorious train seeing the countryside, it'd be nice to have a functioning Tu-144 in my collection. Would make journeys much easier

the drawings Soviet agents stole were early in the development before the Concorde team decided on the complicated conical camber “ogival” wing form, and as you said it was developed Tupolev were more than capable of building it (if you doubt their manufacturing expertise then look at the Tu-160 Blackjack) “ogival” wing form in the initial Concorde drawings

"The only route was between Moscow and Almaty, Kazakhstan." Who the hell is in a rush to get to Kazakhstan??

Loud engines better than crying babies

Conceptually TU-144 and Concord are very different, also both engineering teams were visiting each other during the development of both planes. The story of stolen papers is more of a propaganda. The problem of TU-144 were mainly engines, which were quiet rough, not as reliable as RR's and yes to maintain Supersonic they had to have afterburner on all the way (hello fuel efficiency), the last nail into TU-144 coffin - it was too expensive for Soviet economy. But it's a beautiful plane, I wish it was not created in such a rush. p.s. thank you for the video!

At least Tu-144 makes for a good monument at the entrance to my hometown of Zhukovsky, Russia. Literally the best thing that happened here in about 20 years.

Tu-144: Making a brutally hard landing RYANAIR: we’ll take your whole stock

Russian Airport Ticket guy: you want to fly supersanik? *dimitri, get this man a Mig-29*, *and take off the missiles please*

I love how sometimes in some episodes (i think) he accidentally puts the wrong vehicle instead of the actual vehicle, like when he put both the STS and the Buran xD

I never flew on Concorde but i did used to live directly under its flightpath to the west of London. It was an amazing thing to see and hear overhead

when u can tell by the planes face it is unhappy with its design [2:13]

"Wait a minute, this isn't Concorde!" *Russian Music*

Both planes were amazing. I wish they continue developement on the concord.

The main reason Tu-144 had so small amount of commercial flights and flight routes is that there was no niche in the Soviet economy for an expensive supersonic jet. Ah, and afaik Tu-144 has a LOWER landing speed than Concorde, due to cabin winglets.

Whaiit a minute, this isn't concord! It's Concordskii!

My grandfather was the worked at Ty-14 project. Thank you for making cool videos on aeronautics.

Did you know, that first versions of Tu-144 had dual circuit engines? So, they are not so primitive as they seemed to be.

It is strange to hear the author's story about "brutal landings" because of the speed when the landing speed of the Tu-144 (270 km / h) was lower than that of the Concorde (300 km / h). The Tu-144 needed a parachute due to the lack of suitable airfields and for emergency situations. Also, the author did not mention the reason for the crash of the Tu-144 in 1983 in Paris - this was not the cause of a malfunction, but a forced maneuver due to an unexpected flight interference. In general, the Tu-144 was simply not needed by the USSR, so its operation was curtailed, and not because it was "backward," as the author says. So, the USSR has not existed for 30 years, and Western propaganda, denigrating its achievements, is still working. Applause.

“The Tu-144 was like the Concorde’s older sister. She was loud, uncomfortable, and a little dangerous.” Lmao 😂

Fun fact: The TU-144 remained in service with NASA until 1999, they had a single one they used for chasing Eclipse's.

the most beautiful of all passenger supersonic 70s 3:54

The TU-144 just looks cute

The Tu-144 remained in use as a cargo aircraft until 1983, by which point a total of 102 commercial flights had been completed. The aircraft was later used by the Soviet space program to train pilots of the Buran spacecraft, and by NASA for supersonic research.

“Wait, this isn’t concord.” *russian folk music intensifies*

This was the first mustard vid I watched I was here when it was new now I’m back to watching mustarding

Just imagine what could be accomplished is everyone could work together .

My mom worked her whole life in Airflot (Soviet civil air company); as one of many benefits of that company she could fly for free anywhere within USSR once a year with whole family... So, we flu a lot, but never by TU-144, even though could; my mom would always say, "We will not fly on that casket..."))) Go figure ;)

"Primitive" seems like a weird word to use when comparing technologies in the jet age. I get the point but it just seems funny.

The Tu-144 was created before the Concorde. There could be no borrowing. Searches of the aircraft were unprofitable and dangerous, but Soviet engineers realized this earlier and stopped operating the Tu-144. The last few Concords were sold for $1.

They will have to start making their own stuff again, iron curtain up again.

*wait, this isn't a concord* Russian music Intensifies

There's a museum in Germany that has both side by side, and in their promotional material they talk about the "Concorde's brother, the Konkordski". And I kinda love that name.

Journalists: So, how were you able to develop this plane so quickly as to beat the Concorde? Soviets: I'm sorry, but that's a state secret. Nevertheless, the Soviet People were more than able to meet the challenge through ingenious means. Andy, from The Office: I stole it!

Love the « crazy older sister » simile.

TUPOLEV TU-144 and CONCORDE: The two planes are fundamentally different. The TU-144 had double delta wings which allowed the installation of "slats" all over the leading edge of the wing which was straight. Those of the Concorde were in ogival delta which would make the installation of "slats" too complicated if not impossible. On the TU-144 having the engines close to the fuselage and a wingspan of 28.8 meters (compared to 25.6 for the Concorde) this made it possible to have the significantly larger flaps helped by the ailerons which acted as flaperons. All these devices combined with the retractable "canard" wings of the TU-144 allowed it to have take-off speeds but especially in approach and landings significantly lower than those of Concorde and which made it possible to make the approach circuits and landing integrated with the other planes which was not the case with Concorde. The big problem of Concorde was even its very high speed to take off which generated an enormous energy of projection during a burst of a tire. Another serious design flaw was the very great exposure of the kerosene tanks to projections from the landing gear were even the cause of many incidents but three accidents with significant leakage of kerosene, two in 1979 (one in Dakar and the other in Washington/Dulles). In November 1981, the American National transportation Safety Board (NTSB) sent a letter of concern to the French BEA that included safety recommendations for Concorde. This communiqué was the result of the NTSB's investigations of four Air France Concorde incidents during a 20-month period from July 1979 to February 1981. The NTSB described those incidents as "potentially catastrophic," because they were caused by blown tyres during takeoff. During its 27 years in service, Concorde had about 70 tyre- or wheel-related incidents, seven of which caused serious damage to the aircraft or were potentially catastrophic. The most serious accident was in July 2000 in Gonesse (France) that caused 113 deaths and marked the end of the aircraft's prestige. On the TU-144 such an accident would be impossible or would not have had the same consequences, the landing gear, parts of the engine nacelles and the critical places were made with titanium, but at the time titanium metallurgy was unknown in Western Europe, reason why all the structure of the Concorde was in steel and aluminum this material is very light but very fragile to the shocks. Engines are also different, those of TU-144 were double flux turbo-fans, those of Concorde are simple turbo-jets. On landing, its very high speed implied a very special approach and landing procedure, it was necessary to create a vacuum in front of Concorde, which prevented several large aircrafts from landing. The French and British governments paid the airport for the loss of revenue for each plane prevented from landing because the arrival of Concorde, which amounted to extremely expensive operation. Normally this too high speed on take-off but especially on approach and landing would not have allowed him to be certified for the civil service of public passenger transport, it was necessary to obtain a dispensation obtained at the political level (meeting between Nixon and Pompidou in 1973), prestige and the Cold War required. Air traffic controllers had to give full priority to requests from Concorde what add to glamour and prestige to travellers but made procedures extremelly expensive. To comply with standard approach and landing procedures the early supersonic project of the Boeing 2707 had wings of variable geometry. The engines are also very different, Tupolev's engines are turbo-fans, those of Concorde are pure turbo-jets.

My father flew on both (i have only flwon on Concorde and only 3 times) and he was terrified the first time he flew on the Russian one, because of the noise and because some bits were made of wood in the passengers area, like the tablets and harm rest , which seemed really rustic but also really odd for a modern airplane. But one thing was sure, the food was apparently far better on the russian one than on BA or Airfrance and the cabin crew was far nicer too.

Что ж ты автор не сказал,почему сняли конкорд с рейсов?

I bet there was a great feeling of togetherness on board

Fun Fact: I live close to a museum which is the only place in the world where you can see the Concord and Tu-144 side by side

Them Soviets always Russian their designs.

The musical arrangement is awesome!)))

I know this is an old video, but I'm going comment anyway. It's not "The concorde", it's just "Concorde". That's just the way it is. It's royalty.

When the engine starts going it just plays bass boosted Hard Bass

Cheeki Breeki Arilines

One book I read said that the essential part of the supersonic ability of Concord was the sophistication of its adjustable air intakes which the Russians just could not match. The testing was amazing and I seem to remember there was a story of a Hustler pilot in the cockpit going ashen when they slammed the throttles off whilst supersonic. He said that would have been the last things they would have done in his aircraft.

So Concorde was NOT a prestige project? Oh okay... I believe you.

Legend has it the TU-144 could fly on vodka

should remember that nasa used a tu-144 as a flying laboratory

Don't forget that during USSR operational costs were not an issue as everything was owned by the Soviet government. USSR did not have any privately owned airlines. Nobody cared about fuel prices in Aeroflot.The main reasons why Tupolev 144 project was terminated were 1. Constant technical issues 2) low range.

This looks like the kind of plane Borat flied on.

Wait a minute... They stole all paperwork, translate, understood, change, recalculate and still were able to build it faster... Sounds amaizing isnt it?? :))

Did I hear you right, that the TU144 has to run in permanent afterburner to fly supersonic? No wonder it had shit gas mileage

Funny as a kid I saw my first Concorde on a BMW M1 cover in a magazine and thought whats that plane near that sweet race car?

The "Wait a minute... this isn't Concorde!" always makes me chuckle.

0:52 "Tu-114 was kind of like the Concorde's crazy older sister." Ah Yes, definitely Russian.

2:15 front of plane says '' pls kill me ''

They need to bring back the Concorde & update it for the 21st century

One of the most revolutionary aircraft designs ever made, change my mind

Giant air steward steps in: Safety is our namber one preority *Proceed to wears goggles

Good video, I'm a TU-144 fan. Saw the model of it 50 years ago at EXPO 67 in Montreal. The Paris Airshow crash was not the fault of the aircraft, that's another story.

Tu-144 killed 14 people, but Concorde 113

Tu144, what an achievement. Cannot help but be nostalgic for the mighty cccp.

THE most expensive way to play Russian Roulette.

The TU-144 has somethings that the concorde doesnt have Vodka, kompot, squatting areas, three stripes and chebureki Oh and semechki, never forget the semechki

00:17 lmao. The music suddently turned in to circus style. 🤣

TU-144 Was a vanity project from at the time head of state Nikita Cruschov. Soviet designers and engineers knew and told to Cruschov that it didn't made sense to create such aircraft for the "daily use", but comrade Cruschov insisted. Of course creating this aircraft gave a great deal of experience and knowledge which I am sure was used in other projects. I remember seeing one standing in some airfield near the city of Kuibishev (Samara) in 1992. It looked magnificent.