Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 supersonic jet airliner, 1973

Moscow, Soviet Union. Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 jet airliner on display at the Sheremetyevo International Airport. Tu-144 had up to 150 passenger seats, flight range of 6, 200 km [3, 852 miles], and cruised at a speed of 2, 120 km/h [1, 317 mph]. First tested in 1968, Tu-144 was the first commercial supersonic transport aircraft in the world. Georgy Nadezhdin/TASS

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