Tupolev Tu-104 Archives - aviospace.org https://aviospace.org/tag/tupolev-tu-104/ Tue, 15 Sep 2026 17:20:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://aviospace.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/463575282_2477404082464408_3209599391009761950_n-150x150.jpg Tupolev Tu-104 Archives - aviospace.org https://aviospace.org/tag/tupolev-tu-104/ 32 32 Tupolev TU-104: Stepping stone in the USSR aviation history https://aviospace.org/tupolev-tu-104-stepping-stone-in-ussr-aviation-history/ https://aviospace.org/tupolev-tu-104-stepping-stone-in-ussr-aviation-history/#respond Thu, 31 Jul 2025 08:58:51 +0000 https://aviospace.org/?p=9525 The story of the Tupolev Tu-104, USSR’s first jetliner, goes hand in hand with its arch, or should we say, its only rival (albeit, only initially), the deHavilland Comet. In May 1952, Britain had introduced the de Havilland DH106 Comet – the world’s first jetliner – into passenger service. Amidst the elan, tragedy followed. A […]

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]]> https://aviospace.org/tupolev-tu-104-stepping-stone-in-ussr-aviation-history/feed/ 0 Tupolev Tu-104: The Groundbreaking Innovation in Soviet aerospace engineering https://aviospace.org/tupolev-tu-104-soviet-engineering/ https://aviospace.org/tupolev-tu-104-soviet-engineering/#respond Tue, 08 Jul 2025 16:20:15 +0000 https://aviospace.org/?p=9212 Although the Soviet Union was mired in swashbuckling bureaucracy before its dissolution into Russia, there were a lot of Engineering marvels it produced. The first dog to make it to space was a USSR-ian, and so was the first person, the first spacewalker, and much more*. Despite such a brilliant track record, the Tupolev Tu-104 […]

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