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Bookmark or Share- CNAC-Zhejiang Tu-154 Operations - Airliners.netUnrelated, but hard to ignore/forget for me, when mentioning Tu-154 operations in China. An entire family from my local town was killed on the 6 June 1994 China Northwest accident. The father, a colleague of a dear friend of mine who at the time was working in China, had been joined by his wife and two kids for a 2-week visit.
- Tu-154 Engines - Airliners.netAeroflot put the original Tu-154 into service before the static fatigue tests were complete. The initial test results were good enough to allow it to enter service, but simultaneously the tests continued in the background. At the time there was a big need to replace types like the Il-18, An-10 and Tu-104/124 quickly.
- B727 & Tu-154: What Made Them So Successful? - Airliners.netThe last Tu-154 was completed in 2001 I think, but yes, their are 10 airframes (and 3 orders) which, Roubles permitting, will be finished in the not too distant future. Aircraft production in the Russian Federation is a joke at present: only 10 Il-96s, 4 Il-114s and 18 Tu-204/214s have been produced in the last decade, with outstanding orders ...
- Aviation Photo #2150303 Tupolev Tu-154M Armita - Airliners.netFor the first time in Iranian aviation history, IAMI (Iranian Aircraft Manufacturing Industry) has converted one of retired Iran Air Tours Tu-154Ms into a testbed aircraft. You can also see front section of a RF-5A has attached to the vertical stablizer of the airplane, they did this job to provide some real condition to test Iranian made ejection seats in near future. IAMI has also planned to ...
- Tupolev Tu-154 - Airliners.netThe Tu-154 was developed to replace the turbojet powered Tupolev Tu-104, plus the An-10 and Il-18 turboprops. Design criteria in replacing these three relatively diverse aircraft included the ability to operate from gravel or packed earth airfields, to be able to fly at high altitudes above most Soviet Union air traffic, and good field performance.
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