A Rush for Glory and a Fatal Flaw In the intense Cold War rivalry, the Soviet Union raced to match Western advancements ...

The Yak-40, developed by the Yakovlev Design Bureau in the 1960s, is one of the most unique and iconic Soviet passenger aircraft ever built. This three-engine jet was designed primarily for local ...

The Soviet Union though, and Tupolev do deserve a bit of credit for the Tu-144. They beat their rivals to the sky and built an aircraft that could carry more passengers than the Concorde.

Based on an icon of Soviet aviation Over time, the looming date for Kruschev to meet the west made the Tu-116 take manufacturing precedence over the Tu-114. This was especially the case when it ...

In the Soviet Union, with the space race ongoing, the quest for a hyper-fast passenger jet was seen as a new opportunity to potentially demonstrate technical supremacy over the West, and a way to ...

WASHINGTON — As unthinkable as shooting down an airliner with hundreds of passengers is, it has happened before. Among the most notable cases in recent decades were an Iranian plane shot down by ...

Soviet television condemns the incident, especially after announcements that a negotiated end to the 10-year-old Afghan war is near.