The Tu-144 was the first supersonic passenger jet. However, it was louder, more uncomfortable, and unpopular compared to Concorde. A crash at the Paris Air Show in 1973 marred the Tu-144's ...

Boom Supersonic independently designed and built the XB-1, the first civil supersonic jet in America. The XB-1's first ...

Alongside the Concorde, passenger flights were also served by its eastern competitor, sometimes called the "Konkordski," the Russian Tu-144. However, high failure rates and operating costs led to ...

At the time that the Concorde was being developed, there wasn’t just the competition from the Tu-144 team, but also the Boeing 2702 (pictured) and Lockheed L-2000, with the latter two ultimately ...

But the Tupolev Tu-144 disappeared from the international stage after it crashed at the Paris Air Show in 1973. Concorde went on to fly executives, celebrities, and even royalty from New York to ...