Nose Art Tu-114
by John Schneider
Title
Nose Art Tu-114
Artist
John Schneider
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
Description
File# 0918 The nose of a Tupolev Tu-114 taken in 1959 at Idlewild (JFK) International Airport, Queens, NY - USA. The aircraft in the United States, first time permitted, as part of a USSR Trade Show in New York City. The aircraft was open to the public for tours.
This aircraft will return to the US bringing Premier Nikita Khrushchev to address the United Nations and tour the US..... The shoe-banging, I want to go to Disneyland trip!
The Tu-114 Rossiya, largest and heaviest commercial airliner in the world when it appeared in 1957, the Tu-114 was completed to coincide with the 40th Anniversary of the Russian Revolution. It was the civil counterpart to the Tu-95 Bear bomber. The standard version accommodated 120-220 passengers, while at least one Tu-114D was built with a slimmer fuselage to carry a small number of passengers, mail and urgent freight over very long distances. Power was provided by four 11,033 kW (14,795 chp) Kuznetsov NK-12MV turboprop engines. Maximum cruising speed was 910 km/h (565 mph).
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April 29th, 2018
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