Guided tour through a Tupolev Tu-144 'Concordski' (includes the cockpit)

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Join me in this guided tour of a Tupolev Tu-144 supersonic passenger airliner on display at the Technik Museum Sinsheim. It includes a tour around the cockpit
Technik Museum in Sinsheim: sinsheim.technik-museum.de (Tu-144, Concorde and others)
Technik Museum in Speyer: speyer.technik-museum.de/en/ (Buran, 747, An22 and others)
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0:00 introduction
0:49 start at the tail
1:20 engines - Kolesov RD-36-51 turbojets
3:30 double delta wing
5:30 landing gear
7:13 Auxiliary Power Unit
7:40 inside the cabin
10:50 cockpit

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@PaulStewartAviation Жыл бұрын

CORRECTION: apologies, I made an error with the comment about the final flight with NASA. It was actually in 1999 rather than 1997.

@Captain22021971 Жыл бұрын

Although you call him "Concordski", this airplane saw the sky before Concord.

@PaulStewartAviation Жыл бұрын

@@Captain22021971 yep, it was rushed into the air hence why one fell apart at the Paris airshow killing all onboard.

@Captain22021971 Жыл бұрын

@@PaulStewartAviation By the time of the disaster, he had been flying for the fifth year. No one is immune from disasters. But you can't dispute the fact that the "copy" flew earlier than the imaginary original. And only an amateur does not see the difference between them.

@manipshkarra3098 10 ай бұрын

@@PaulStewartAviationyes you're right. was a pre-test. that happened then. but....

@elconquistador932 10 ай бұрын

@@Captain22021971It saw the sky first only because the Soviet Government pressed them into beating the Concordes time line. So like typical Russian designs, they took short cuts and brushed off safety and efficiency concerns to meet a deadline. A large part of why they were grounded from passenger service. The same service that had only one route with 55 total passenger flights. LMAO, if the British hacked their Concorde together like that they would have flown years before the Russians even put a pencil on the drawing board. But real aircraft manufactures try to avoid building screeching lawn darts, even if it adds another 4 whole months to their build time. I know which aircraft I'd choose to fly, and it wouldn't be the one that required ear plugs or afterburners to maintain cruising speeds. 😂 Edit: Spelling.

@elation8101 Жыл бұрын

I landed in Frankfurt from Canada and drove to Stuttgart in a rental car. About s half way down, I saw a freaking Concord mounted on a roof of a building. I made a quick 3 hour stop to see all these planes. Best surprise of the trip.

@Havazik 3 ай бұрын

I landed in Frankfurt from Canada specifically to go to this museum (among other things of course) I recommend it to everyone I can

@duotronicnone4572 Жыл бұрын

That's an amazing display with both aircraft next to one another and access to the cabins while they're mounted at that steep angle...but I really wish they weren't exposed to the elements.

@MaticTheProto 7 ай бұрын

space is limited and this looks cooler

@idonjohnson6999 4 ай бұрын

They were designed to operate outside.

@freddielaker2707 Жыл бұрын

I was at LeBourget for the Air Salon the day 77102 went down. It was horrendous to see and I will never forget it.

@PaulStewartAviation Жыл бұрын

It would have been awful to see in person

@freddielaker2707 Жыл бұрын

@@PaulStewartAviation its nothing I want to see again ever.

@bavan Жыл бұрын

This is an incredible tour of the Tu-144! I am so grateful to Paul Stewart for giving us the opportunity to explore this unique aircraft. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and expertise!

@PaulStewartAviation Жыл бұрын

Many thanks!

@hj8272 7 ай бұрын

That was not an aircraft.. It was flying coffin.

@naturallyherb Жыл бұрын

Very nice! I think Sinsheim is one of the best aviation museums in the world, especially with the Tu-144 and Concorde together! I toured Concorde G-BSST in Yeovil and there are definitely some similarities between the two especially the cockpit windows.

@sheldonholy5047 Жыл бұрын

I think the Yeovil display is probably the best. You can walk around it and poke around the open engine bays unrestricted. Very fun!

@deang5622 Жыл бұрын

Couldn't give a monkeys about the Tu-144, it was a stolen design. Have no interest in it.

@danielsalem7624 Жыл бұрын

you always should do a double visiting. sinsheim + speyer.

@Deepthought-42 Жыл бұрын

Sad both these wonderful aircraft are outside and exposed to the elements. It would be nice to see them protected under cover for future generations.

@moldypizza__ Жыл бұрын

id say they have some sort of anti rust paint on them

@Sterlingjob Жыл бұрын

@@moldypizza__ They corrode…not rust!

@paulcronin551 Жыл бұрын

It's funny you mention that. I was in New york last year and on top of the intrepid I seen the a-12, tomcat, concorde, and many others on the deck with peeling paint and yellowed plastics. I asked the guy running it why they weren't maintained he just said " everything has it's day" I was so excited to go see them but left with a tinge of sadness...

@moldypizza__ Жыл бұрын

@@Sterlingjob I’m not a master of the elements mr genius

@Deepthought-42 Жыл бұрын

@@paulcronin551 IMO they not should have been allowed to take the Concorde exhibits without an undertaking to put them under cover. The Victor V Bomber at UK’s Duxford museum is being restored and much of the restoration work is required as a result of it being left in the open air.

@james312 10 ай бұрын

I always found the early navigation systems fascinating. In 1981, Honda actually offered a similar navigation system as a first in car GPS, you would feed it real paper maps of the area, and using an onboard gyroscope and a servo gear on the transmission, it would work out where you were at any time on the journey and move the map along accordingly, looking the same as a modern GPS later would. We take GPS for granted now, but it must have looked very futuristic at the time.

@Jabber-ig3iw 6 ай бұрын

Fantastic display of both aircraft, refreshing to see them outside rather than shoved away in a glorified shed, which is so boring. As long as the custodians are prepared to look after them all aircraft should be outside.

@ronaldpainting5614 6 ай бұрын

Done this one god knows how many times. I was a trucker and stayed at the autohof yards away for years. Never tired going there. Still got my Auto & Technik Museum Sinsheim Das grosse museumsbuch. The best dat out ever.

@CMan-rt9in Жыл бұрын

When I was 15, my family went to Montreal for Expo67. On our last day there we visited the Soviet Pavillion and I saw a model of the 144. My first thought was that I was looking at a space plane, not the worlds first SST. Beautiful plane.

@ronaldpainting5614 Жыл бұрын

Spent eight years parking at the Autohof, when i could down the road. Could not get enough of the place. One of the perks of being a truck driver. Been on all the aircraft that were open to the public including the TU-144. At one time i myself was taking flying lessons.

@PintoPopProductions Жыл бұрын

I've been there! One of the most fascinating museums I've ever had the privilege to visit. Toured both aircraft. This was back in 2009 so they were a little cleaner. What a shock comparing the cockpits of both planes.

@JettTyler17 Жыл бұрын

Never seen a TU-144 in person before, thanks for the guided look around the plane Paul! Amazing video!

@philipg6463 Жыл бұрын

What an incredible display layout at this museum.

@zoperxplex Жыл бұрын

The different approaches the Soviets took to supersonic transports compared to the Concorde is just as fascinating as the similarities because it only makes sense that the two groups would arrive at the same solution to the same challenges.

@tacticaldelusion Жыл бұрын

Yes and the Soviet spies embedded in both England and France ensured this.

@shoora813 Жыл бұрын

Both teams communicated up to some point. To some extent one can say that Concord is a “Tupolevski”

@tacticaldelusion Жыл бұрын

@@shoora813 The Soviets were in a mad dash to beat the Anglo-French Concorde into the air. In order to do so, the KGB spent a large amount of time pilfering Concorde blueprints. This is something the Concorde team was cognizant of and they passed on a lot of technical information to the KGB that was useless to their endeavors, such as blueprints with incorrect dimensions and drawings of systems that simply didn’t work. The Soviets had a few major problems on their hands. The first was their desire to beat Concorde into the air. This forced them to adopt several inelegant solutions to their aerodynamic and power problems as they didn’t have the time to further engineer their aircraft in the time frame presented . An example of this was their wing design that was simplistic at best. Concorde’s wing looked simple but in fact, it was a complex marvel of design providing the plane with both high speed performance and an acceptable slow speed control-ability. The Soviet wing didn’t perform well at approach and landing speeds and they were forced to install retractable canards to improve this. The second was that the Concorde team were working with a new and cutting edge engine, the Rolls-Royce/Snecma Olympus engine. This was the culmination of decades of advanced high performance engine design. This engine allowed Concorde to “super cruise” or cruise at Mach 2 speeds without the assistance of an afterburner (reheats for our UK friends). Yes, Concorde used an afterburner for transitioning through trans sonic speeds but didn’t require it for Mach 2 cruise. The Soviets, try as they might, didn’t have access to this technology. Soviet engine technology was still in its infancy and most of it was derived from an initial set of Rolls-Royce RB.41 Nene engines that the UK gave then in the late 1940s. This left the Soviets with the Kuznetsov NK-144. This engine compared to the Olympus was down right primitive and the TU-144 could only achieve and maintain supersonic speed with the afterburners lit. This swallowed up enormous amounts of fuel, hurting the aircraft’s range significantly. The engines also tended to become damaged by heat due to the constant use of the afterburners. Finally, the interiors simply couldn’t match what the Concorde produced. The cabin Environmental systems were simplistic, flawed and often failed all together, making the cabin uncomfortably hot. In fact when the aircraft did begin its short career as a passenger aircraft most of the scheduled flights were canceled due to the environmental system breaking down. Another issue was that the Kuznetsov engines were very loud, that coupled with poor cabin insulation made the cabin uncomfortably loud and the few passengers that actually flew on the TU-144 wore earplugs! The TU-144 wasn’t an abject failure. It is incredible what the Soviets were able to produce with the technology they had available to them. However, the jet was unreliable enough that it was never used on routes outside the USSR and was pulled out of service all together in 1978. - lifted from Quora.

@Frserthegreenengine 9 ай бұрын

@@shoora813 Concorde was in development well before the Tu-144.

@4rdF1Hunny 8 ай бұрын

@@shoora813the soviets rarely had original ideas. Most major accomplishments were stolen or copied.

@solderpro9725 7 ай бұрын

I've been to Technik Museum Sinsheim a few times years ago when i was younger, as i grew up relatively nearby. Watching this makes me wanna go again instantly

@whatever8282828 Жыл бұрын

It's fascinating to see that teal color of the cockpit on a civilian plane, because I associate it with Soviet military planes. The idea that it matches visually the view out the window is also new to me, but is as plausible as every other explanation.

@olegariocamara9308 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your video. I'm an enthusiast and this is the first time I see the details of the inside of a TU-144. I was lucky enough to visit a Concorde in NYC Intrepid Museum. Keep up the good work.

@Zerbey Жыл бұрын

You briefly mentioned that the Tu-144 worked with NASA, this was serial number 77114 which is now stored in Zhukovsky.

@staralliancefan1245 9 ай бұрын

Cool video! Nice that they opened the cockpit for you! It would be pretty special sitting inside such a rare aircraft!

@Rheilffordd Жыл бұрын

Watching this now. I am loving your detailed tour of this aircraft. We all love the Concorde, however this is an aircraft rarely explored in such close detail until this video!

@matthewlaberge Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the cockpit tour, I saw this exact aircraft when I visited Sinsheim in 2015, pretty awesome that they have both Tu-144 and the Concorde on display. Looking forward to your updated Concorde video.

@SatelliteYL Жыл бұрын

Fantastic!!! I am reading “Soviet SST” by Howard Moon right now, a great great book all about this exact plane. This is so amazing to be able to see it in such detail with a modern HD camera filming. Absolute perfect pairing for the book. It was published in 1989 and this level of photography was nowhere near available to the general public, and especially not for ‘free’ via internet access! So perfect. Love it Paul 💎💎💎 Such a great channel you run

@pilotandy1333 Жыл бұрын

Amazing to see both side by side. Awesome.

@luciusvorenus9445 Жыл бұрын

Another fantastic video, Paul! The Tu-144, like the Concorde is a fascinating aircraft. Thank you for sharing!

@michaelmcglynn5863 Жыл бұрын

Appreciated the "arrows" illustrationing the components being discussed.

@PaulStewartAviation Жыл бұрын

Thanks. They’ve very basic arrows have I have no tech knowledge but they do the job

@ppeters480 Жыл бұрын

I have seen the TU-144 at an military airfield near Moscow, but I only was able to see the exterior up close. This seems to be the best TU-144 to see on display, plus the Concorde right next to it

@marknagle1912 Жыл бұрын

Nice to see you in this aircraft the tu144 is interesting hope you enjoyed the tour of the museum at sinsheim bring back some memories for me when I lived there in germany

@helix7671 Жыл бұрын

Я в детстве видел много раз полёты Ту-144. Впечатления на всю жизнь остались, красавец. У нас в городе их создавали на Воронежском авиационном заводе.

@jgtripreports6556 Жыл бұрын

I've been last year in August at the museum at Sinsheim. The two Concords are amazing. And the cockpit as well.😊😊

@Robslondon Жыл бұрын

Fascinating. Love your work Paul.

@Michael-fm6iw Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing these videos Paul. You always find the coolest planes

@airliners6430 Жыл бұрын

10/10 excellent overview! Thanks for sharing!

@DexterSkelter Жыл бұрын

Very impressive. Amazing aircraft. Thank You Paul.

@bluebarron351 Жыл бұрын

Fascinating Paul and really interesting seeing the direct comparison to the Concorde next to it!

@cwlong9667 Жыл бұрын

Visited that museum in 2002. Loved it! Great vid!

@rockguitarist931 21 күн бұрын

Both of those planes are way too cool, I would love to fly on either one.

@danozism Жыл бұрын

Great video Paul. I've always been fascinated by the 144, as well as Concorde. Good work mate!

@davechapman7735 Жыл бұрын

another brilliant doco, thanks very much Paul for showing us. cheers NZ

@kodibassInsideoutboards Жыл бұрын

Thank U, I Luv the Tu-144 & many other Soviet Aircraft. The were aviation masters.

@petr-podrouzek Жыл бұрын

Fantastic, great job Paul 🙂

@Antonius_J Жыл бұрын

Thanks Paul, that’s was interesting to compare both and that are quite different. The windows are indeed gold-plated, but the layer is thin and is not really visible. The yellow colour due to the sun UV rays damaging the windows surface.

@stepanmironyuk7419 Жыл бұрын

Wow! Thanks for Tupolev)

@MH-gh Жыл бұрын

Another great video Paul👍🏻 this Series of information/educational videos you’ve been doing for some time is great! & Simhein looks a super place to visit

@K9rad Жыл бұрын

Very detailed and fun to watch. Fabulous, keep up the good work!

@debramage739 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Paul, nice work.

@alexbernadina3082 Жыл бұрын

Great video, I live 50 minutes from Sinsheim and 1,5 hours from Speyer so I ve been there with my "babysit" boys several times, alternating every year between Speyer and Sinsheim. Great that the Technik Museum gave you the opportunity to get into the cockpits. Not possible for the "normal" visitors. Oh yeah by the way, one of the boys is now at the space and aviation university. No coincidence. The other one is planning the same in 2 years too.

@notmenotme614 Жыл бұрын

Whats the best (or cheapest) way to visit Sinsheim? Would you fly into Frankfurt airport?

@alexbernadina3082 Жыл бұрын

@@notmenotme614 yeah airportFrankfurt or Stuttgart, and than by train of rent a car.

@junebegorra Жыл бұрын

Cyan is my fave color. Awesome video as always!

@Incognito-vc9wj Жыл бұрын

Great presentation. Thankyou!

@auntbarbara5576 Жыл бұрын

i LOVED this vid!!! Perfect, thank you, almost like being there 👌

@zachmatt3 Жыл бұрын

Really fascinating, Paul.

@itslogeyyy Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for making thess videos. Lovely!!!

@kasyo2526 Жыл бұрын

Great video Paul. Especially in comparing the 2 supersonic jets.

@forthwithtx5852 Жыл бұрын

Amazing to me that they have one of each. Cool tour.

@andreiaudio Жыл бұрын

Great video, thank you!

@ChrisCooper312 Жыл бұрын

At least you got a nice day for the visit. Me and a friend went back in 2019 during a heatwave and it was close to 40 degrees. Even just stepping out onto the roof was a killer, but we were determined to walk through the TU144. Having done so we then stood outside on the roof for about 5mins enjoying the "cool" air before heading back inside. We gave the Concord a miss though, seen one Concord, seen them all.

@oldmanc2 Жыл бұрын

Excellent exterior tour in particular. Great video

@carlrobinson2518 Жыл бұрын

Great report, Paul.

@masonshirley4051 Жыл бұрын

Love your videos. Thank you!

@markramsay6399 Жыл бұрын

Amazing video !! I have been around Concorde at Brooklands - the simulator is fascinating. But this video is something else. Totally subscribed ! Mark.

@brentsummers7377 Жыл бұрын

Fascinating video thanks!

@richierich2534 Жыл бұрын

Another outstanding video

@jesseruks Жыл бұрын

Such a cool looking vehicle! Nice video

@rod_at_adelaide5766 Жыл бұрын

Great video Paul

@Bad_Karma1968 Жыл бұрын

As always Paul a superb vlog

@T4A4EV Жыл бұрын

Great video and really useful commentary - thank you.

@COLINJELY Жыл бұрын

How about a look at a Tu-114. Those 4 big contra rotating props!

@gtv6chuck Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video. I really learned a lot - I was unaware that the Concorde had "supercruise". I was surprised at the small diameter of both SSTs when I went inside them. For a six footer like me it was a bit cramped. The Sinsheim museum is an amazing place. It's like what I would do if I had huge amounts of money and could afford the real thing instead of models of planes, cars, tanks, etc.

@InTeCredo Жыл бұрын

The cabin crew was carefully selected to be no taller than 5'8" (due to working in the gallery that has curved walls).

@wanderschlosser1857 Жыл бұрын

The 2nd TU-144 serial version (TU-144D) was super cruise capable as well using different engines.

@Frserthegreenengine 9 ай бұрын

@@wanderschlosser1857 sort of, it's range was still shorter than that of Concorde's. Plus the Tu-144D never saw passenger service. Only the Tu-144S model did.

@wanderschlosser1857 9 ай бұрын

@@Frserthegreenengine True, the 144 never reached the performance of the Concorde.

@andrewmcphee8965 Жыл бұрын

Awesome video, thanks Paul.

@PaulStewartAviation Жыл бұрын

you're welcome Andrew

@MegaGman61 Жыл бұрын

Wow what a rare one! Great video.

@wormyboot Жыл бұрын

I've always liked that cockpit color

@FlyWithDady Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the video

@MikailS13 Жыл бұрын

Amazing aircraft!

@gatewayz75 Жыл бұрын

Wow that’s so epic!! I would LOVE to see one let alone go inside a TU-144, I always thought that Concorde was much more graceful looking. I visited 2 Concordes on display at Le Bourget and was surprised by how low the entry door was. Thanks for the video 😊

@marcusdamberger Жыл бұрын

Next time your at Le Bourget, note the difference in the size of the passenger windows on the two Concorde's they have. One has larger windows than the other. They decided after the prototype (larger windows) they would reduce the size of the windows to limit depressurization; to give more time for passengers to don their masks on. i.e. give them more time to be conscious and able to put a mask on in time before complete depressurization. At the altitudes the Concorde flew that happens faster, so by limiting the window size you limit how quickly air escapes.

@Andrew-sv6zq Жыл бұрын

Very cool. I hope to make it to Germany someday to view this museum.

@fuffoon Жыл бұрын

I like that place. I went during off hours often and would watch multiple IMAX films. It was fun.

@AviationFin Жыл бұрын

Nice 👍 Thanks for sharing Greetings from Helsinki ❄️ Finland

@Travelsbydreamer Жыл бұрын

Never knew this one existed, super interesting to see!

@DennisBunnikTravels Жыл бұрын

Great video mate, really interesting.

@willmo1725 Жыл бұрын

Cool video, always thought this was an interesting plane. Thanks for the view.

@willmo1725 Жыл бұрын

@Paul_Stewart2. i dont see any instructions lol

@SaturnCanuck Жыл бұрын

Wow hat was amazing. I had no idea a TU 144 was preserved outside of Monino (oh Paul if you go there, let us ALL know!). I believe the British called Concorde's wing and "Ogilvie" design. Oh and a CL-215 was seen outside of the cockpit -- can we see that too. After all, Canadian here!

@PaulStewartAviation Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching everyone! Don't forget to give the video a thumbs up as that really helps the video and the channel and keeps these videos free of sponsors who I'm paid to say I love! 😂

@Brightsideofmilitary 4 ай бұрын

Great video

@ianmangham4570 11 ай бұрын

I love how they're outside exposed to the elements.

@gexpe2003 Жыл бұрын

Amazing museum

@bkdexter79 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful video and narration. Sheer education and minimal needless info or fluff. Cheers!

@tommcewan7936 Жыл бұрын

"Running through a non-normal checklist." Love that understatement.

@dl3487 Жыл бұрын

Great video and great channel Paul

@allgood6760 Жыл бұрын

Amazing planes👍

@InTeCredo Жыл бұрын

I wouldn't be surprised if this Tu-144 was shipped to Germany without the engines. The engines were used in the military, too, so the Soviet Union and its successor, Russian Federation, removed the engines prior to the shipment to the Auto- & Technikmuseum Sinsheim and disallowed Tu-144LL (the research plane) to be flown out of the country. Sinsheim is only place in the world where both Tu-144 and Concorde are on display together and only one outside Russia to have Tu-144 on display.

@ilyatsukanov8707 Жыл бұрын

Meh, maybe for formality's sake. But there was a period of wild-eyed, rose-tinted glasses-wearing love and trust in the West in Russia in the 90s and 2000s, to the point where CIA would be given tours of Russian nuke trains, businessmen were given access to the Ekranoplan, Lockheed Martin given blueprints to the Yak 141, a Kholod hypersonic missile design prototype sold at auction and shipped out of the country, etc.

@SPak-rt2gb Жыл бұрын

Great comparison especially the cockpits. The light blue was easier on the eyes compared to the Concord all black layout. Wonder if the all white outside was lessons learned from the XB-70 program

@flightstormchannel4342 Жыл бұрын

Tu-144 also has the navigator's seat, which is located between pilots seats. You can see it stowed in this video.

@PaulStewartAviation Жыл бұрын

interesting! I didn't see any mention of a navigator in anything I read?

@flightstormchannel4342 Жыл бұрын

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Great comparison, thank you for sharing. Sinsheim Technik Museum is a fascinating place. I went there shortly after it opened 40 years ago and then again several years later but so many new items have been added after my last visit so hopefully I will visit it again soon. With regard to the TU-144, I wonder how the landing gear fit into the fuselage, the landing gear doors look so much smaller than the gear itself. I wonder if it retracted sideways.