The Tupolev Tu-144
Originally designed during the 70s, the Tupolev Tu-144’s prototype crashed and was a failure in the Paris Air Show. The team behind the plane attempted to fly it for 55 times before they retired the plane, never to be used again. Among its outstanding features were the swept-back wings of the “double-delta,” the “mustache” foreplans pivoting off the fuselage just behind the deck for enhancement during departure and landing and the lower “fall” part for the improvement of the team at departure and landing.

The Tupolev Tu-144