A Tu-144 ‘Russian Concorde’ is Being Restored for Display Ahead of Expected MAKS Return

Videos posted by a Russian volunteer show the ongoing repair work on one of the two Tu-144s at Zhukovsky airport in Moscow, and which was often used as a static display during the MAKS airshow. A retired Tupolev Tu-144D, the Soviet answer to the Anglo-French Concorde supersonic jet airliner, has been put through fervent exterior […]