Tupolev Tu-144

A Tupolev Tu-144 supersonic transport jet lifts off the runway at Russia’s Zhukovsky Air Development Center in September 1998. NASA teamed with American and Russian aerospace industries for an extended period in a joint international research program featuring the Russian-built Tu-144LL. The object of the program was to develop technologies for a proposed future second-generation supersonic airliner to be developed in the 21st Century.

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Sabreliner: Early Business Jet Mockup
December 24, 2024

Sabreliner: Early Business Jet Mockup

These rare photos show a full-scale mockup of a short-lived design concept of the North American Sabreliner business jet.
Hurricane Hunter” and “Lockhed WP-3D
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The “Hurricane Hunter” – NOAA Lockheed WP-3D

Hurricane research / NOAA / NOAA aircraft / Weather Research
Dornier Do-X Flying Boat
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Dornier Do-X Flying Boat

Massive for its day and, with a greater wingspan than a Boeing 757, airliner-sized even today, the Doriner Do-X flying boat served as a luxurious means of interconental travel for up to 100 passengers in the early 1930s.