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∙ 8y agoThe Russian supersonic jet was the Tupolev 144. Try as they might, they never could get the thing quieted down inside; you had to wear the same ear protectors in the plane that the ground crew wears to keep from going deaf. After its abortive service as a passenger plane, they consigned it to hauling mail until they finally threw in the towel. The ones they have left are all in museums.
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∙ 8y agoThe Russian Tupolev Tu-144 (like Concorde) is now retired.
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∙ 8y agoIt was cancelled due to non-profitability.
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What is the name for the Russian version of the supersonic jet airliner the Concorde?
Tu-144
When did De la Concorde overpass collapse happen?
De la Concorde overpass collapse happened in 2006.
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Девчонка-russian version devchonka-american version
What happened to the old Concorde jets?
They were taken apart and made into cars
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It is Czar
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What passenger aeroplanes are faster then sound?
In current use - no one. But the Concorde and its Russian counterpart were faster than the speed of sound.
What are Russians called who go into space?
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Where did Leon Trotsky write his version of the 1905 Russian Revolution?
Leon Trotsky wrote his version of the 1905 Russian Revolution in exile in Siberia.
Is Nikita a girl version of Nikolai?
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The russian version of the word king?
царь (tsar)
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the Russian Concorde flew at a top speed of 1,490 mph
