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Tupolev (Туполев)
Tupolev (Туполев) is a Russian aircraft design bureau and manufacturer founded by Andrei Tupolev in 1922, best known for the Tu-104 jet airliner and Tu-95 bomber.
Tupolev PAK DA (ПАК ДА)
The Tupolev PAK DA (ПАК ДА) is a Russian next-generation strategic stealth bomber developed by Tupolev as a subsonic flying wing to replace the Tu-95MS and Tu-160.
Tupolev Tu-104 (Туполев Ту-104)
The Tupolev Tu-104 (Туполев Ту-104) was a Soviet twin-engine, medium-range jet airliner built by Andrei Tupolev's design bureau, the first Soviet jet airliner in serial production and regular service.
Tupolev Tu-114
The Tupolev Tu-114 was a Soviet long-range turboprop airliner developed from the Tu-95 bomber, the largest passenger aircraft in the world at its introduction and the fastest propeller-driven airliner in commercial service.
Tupolev Tu-134
The Tupolev Tu-134 (Ту-134) is a Soviet twin-engine short-haul jet airliner with rear-mounted engines and a T-tail, first flown in 1963 and produced until 1984.
Tupolev Tu-141
The Tupolev Tu-141 Strizh is a Soviet jet-powered reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle developed by Tupolev, first flown in 1974 and later converted by Ukraine into strike drones.
Tupolev Tu-142
The Tupolev Tu-142 (Ту-142), NATO name "Bear-F", is a Soviet and Russian long-range maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare aircraft derived from the Tu-95 bomber, in service since 1972.
Tupolev Tu-144
The Tupolev Tu-144, nicknamed Concordsky, was a Soviet supersonic airliner, the first in the world to fly, in 1968, and its brief Aeroflot passenger service ended in 1978.
Tupolev Tu-154 (Туполев Ту-154)
The Tupolev Tu-154 is a Soviet and Russian three-engine medium-range airliner, produced from 1970 to 2013 and for decades the standard aircraft of Aeroflot and other Eastern Bloc carriers.
Tupolev Tu-16
The Tupolev Tu-16, also known as the Tu-88 and by the NATO name "Badger," was a Soviet twin-engine swept-wing jet bomber that first flew in 1952.
Tupolev Tu-160 (Ту-160)
The Tupolev Tu-160 (Ту-160), NATO reporting name Blackjack, is a Soviet and Russian supersonic variable-sweep-wing strategic bomber, the heaviest combat aircraft in the world, in service since 1987.
Tupolev Tu-2 (Туполев Ту-2)
The Tupolev Tu-2 (Туполев Ту-2), designated ANT-58 in development, was a Soviet twin-engine medium bomber produced from 1942 to 1952 and flown in combat from late 1942.
Tupolev Tu-204
The Tupolev Tu-204 (Туполев Ту-204) is a twin-engined, medium-range narrow-body airliner designed by Tupolev to replace the Tu-154, seating up to 210 passengers and built at Ulyanovsk and Kazan.
Tupolev Tu-22
The Tupolev Tu-22, known to NATO as the "Blinder", was a Soviet long-range supersonic bomber and missile carrier, first flown in 1959 and accident-prone in service.
Tupolev Tu-22M
The Tupolev Tu-22M, NATO reporting name Backfire, is a Soviet and Russian supersonic swing-wing long-range bomber and missile carrier built by Tupolev, first flown in 1969.
Tupolev Tu-4
The Tupolev Tu-4, NATO name Bull, was a Soviet four-engine strategic bomber produced in the late 1940s as an unlicensed reverse-engineered copy of the American B-29 Superfortress.
Tupolev Tu-95 (Туполев Ту-95)
The Tupolev Tu-95 (Туполев Ту-95), NATO reporting name Bear, is a Soviet and Russian strategic bomber powered by four Kuznetsov NK-12 turboprops, first flown in 1952 and still in service today.
Tupolev Tu-95LAL (Ту-95ЛАЛ)
The Tupolev Tu-95LAL (Ту-95ЛАЛ) was a Soviet experimental aircraft, a modified Tu-95M bomber, that flew an operating nuclear reactor in 34 test flights between May and August 1961.
Turbine blade
A turbine blade is an airfoil-shaped component mounted on a rotating rotor that extracts energy from hot gas or steam and converts it into shaft power, surviving extreme temperatures through superalloys, internal cooling, and coatings.
Turbine engine failure
A turbine engine failure is the loss of an aircraft gas turbine engine's thrust or power in flight or on the ground, from shutdown, power loss, or structural failure.
Turbofan
A turbofan, or fanjet, is a jet engine with a large fan that accelerates air around the core, giving airliners high thrust and good fuel efficiency.
Turbojet
A turbojet is a gas turbine aircraft engine producing thrust from a single airstream, first developed independently by Frank Whittle and Hans von Ohain in the 1930s.
Turboprop
A turboprop is a gas turbine engine that drives a propeller, the most fuel-efficient choice for short regional flights at speeds up to about Mach 0.5.
Turkish Aerospace Industries
Turkish Aerospace Industries, known as TUSAŞ or TAI, is Türkiye's state-controlled aerospace prime contractor in Ankara, founded in 1973 and known for the KAAN fighter, Hürjet trainer, and ANKA drones.
Turkish Airlines
Turkish Airlines (Türk Hava Yolları) is the national flag carrier of Türkiye, founded in 1933 and headquartered at Istanbul Airport, flying to 130 countries and more destinations than any other airline.
Turkish Airlines Flight 1951
Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 was a passenger flight from Istanbul that crashed near Amsterdam Schiphol Airport on 25 February 2009, killing 9 of the 135 aboard.
Turkish Airlines Flight 981
Turkish Airlines Flight 981, the Ermenonville air disaster, was a DC-10 that crashed near Paris on 3 March 1974 after its cargo door failed, killing all 346 aboard.
Turkish Cargo
Turkish Cargo is the air cargo brand of Turkish Airlines, serving more than 350 destinations from Istanbul Airport and ranking third among global air cargo carriers in 2024.
Tuskegee Airmen
The Tuskegee Airmen were the first African Americans trained as military aviators in the US Army Air Forces, serving in World War II from 1941 to 1946.
Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site
The Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site is a National Park Service site at Moton Field in Tuskegee, Alabama, commemorating America's first African American military pilots of World War II.