Moscow's Domodedovo airport has begun the dismantling of one of the last remaining examples of the Tupolev Tu-114 Rossiya contra-rotating turboprop that had been standing as gate guardian since 1977 ...
Always the showman on the international stage and determined not to be shown up again by the Americans, Khrushchev decided to fly to the U.S. for his historic 1959 visit in the large Tupolev Tu-114.
Most Russians immediately associate the name Tupolev with the workhorse civilian aircraft that carried millions of people around the USSR for decades until their recent retirement. But few know that ...
Always the showman on the international stage and determined not to be shown up again by the Americans, Khrushchev decided to fly to the U.S. for his historic 1959 visit ...