The Time American Pilots Flew a Soviet Jet in Russian Skies

NASA's High Speed Civil Transport program represents one of aviation history's great collaborations. Using a Russian Tu-144 as a flying supersonic laboratory, a team comprised of Russian and NASA engineers and pilots worked together to advance the science of civil supersonic flight.

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00:00 Introducing the High Speed Civil Transport (HSCT) project
01:03 Finding an aircraft for the HSCT project
01:25 Partnering with Russia on the Tu-144LL
02:25 Retrofitting the Tu-144 to the LL
03:05 Ground and Flight Experiments
05:05 Tu-144LL Success
05:20 Use of the Project Results
06:00 Visit Libraero.com

Links:
Tu-144 Subject on Libraero:
https://libraero.com/Subject.jsp?SID=35

Tu-144 NASA Event Detail with references on Libraero:
https://libraero.com/Event.jsp?EID=121

See the NASA pilots that flew the Tu-144LL:
C. Gordon Fullerton: https://libraero.com/Subject.jsp?SID=190
Robert A. Rivers: https://libraero.com/Subject.jsp?SID=191

Music:
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Special thanks to NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center’s Glenn A. Bever. His dedication to the project and continued commitment to sharing his experiences made my journey in learning about the Tu-144LL particularly enjoyable. – Ren ([email protected])