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Tupolev Tu-114: The First Soviet Intercontinental Airliner (Red Star)
Tupolev Tu114 The First Soviet Intercontinental Airliner - Red Star
Author: Yefim Gordon, Vladimir Rigmant
In the early 1950s, OKB Tupolev, the Tupolev design bureau, was instructed by the Soviet government to design a civil airliner with an intercontinental range. Based upon the earlier four-engined Tu-95 strategic bomber, the resulting aircraft was the largest airliner constructed at that time, providing accommodation for up to 220 passengers. — The...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781857802467
ISBN-10: 1857802462
Publication Date: 8/2007
Pages: 128
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Publisher: Midland Publishing
Book Type: Paperback
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