The Biggest Waste of Money in Aviation History

Play War Thunder for FREE on PC, Playstation and Xbox. Click the link to download the game and get your exclusive bonus now: https://playwt.link/notwhatyouthink2024 0:00 The Communist Concorde 1:28 Why did the Soviets develop a supersonic passenger jet? 2:58 The difference between a supersonic military jet and a supersonic passenger jet 4:01 Was the Soviet Tu-144 a copy of the Concorde? 6:25 The first flight of the Tu-144 7:30 Sponsor (War Thunder) 8:22 Why did Tupolev design a a brand new airframe after the first Tu-144? (Tu-144S) 10:05 Why Tu-144 Concordski had Canards 10:52 Why did Tu-144 Concordski crash in the Paris air show? 11:37 The market for supersonic passenger jets 12:08 First passenger flight of the Tu-144 12:44 What was it like to fly on the Tu-144? 13:51 Why were the Tu-144 tickets so cheap? 14:24 The Tu-144 Concordski was extremely unreliable 15:37 Why TU-144's Engine & Airframe Lifespans made it a Waste of Money 17:57 Tu-144's new RD-36-51A and its issues 20:10 Why was the Tu-144 Concordski cancelled? And What happened next? This is #NotWhatYouThink #NWYT Music: Errors Expected - The Fly Guy Five Linda Low - Lucention Inventions of the Future - Experia Displaced - Robert Ruth Santosha - Van Sandano Flightmode - Chris Shards Dark Mind - Wendel Scherer Universal Solution - Robert Ruth Enter The Night 1 - Fredrik Ekstrom Living Is Simple - Arthur Benson Extra Fries - The Fly Guy Five Break Down - Phoenix Tail For Those Who Fight - Dream Cave Mortal Blow - Dream Cave Floods - Frank Jonsson Truce No More - Dream Cave Reaching beyond the Clouds - Tellsonic Footage: Shutterstock Select images/videos from Getty Images Russian Ministry of Defense Engine and Airframe Lifespan References: https://vikond65.livejournal.com/1173449.html https://www.sovsekretno.ru/articles/istoriya/nazlo-konkordam/ https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20171018-the-soviet-unions-flawed-rival-to-concorde Airframe reference: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%83-144 Engine reference: https://books.google.ca/books?id=bWj2DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA325&lpg=PA325&dq=%D0%A2%D1%83-144+%22%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81+%D0%9D%D0%9A-144%22&source=bl&ots=DjQdoDckzc&sig=ACfU3U3KhyrUGjA7DbYypB1LHnkhXpW_2A&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjJ6-Gl55mHAxVIhIkEHSGCC_UQ6AF6BAghEAM#v=onepage&q=%D0%A2%D1%83-144%20%22%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81%20%D0%9D%D0%9A-144%22&f=false https://cmvvs.ru/ekspozitsiya/letatelnye-apparaty.html?view=article&id=437