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Tupolev Tu-104 Camel
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Tupolev Tu-104 Camel
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| Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-104A at Arlanda Airport in 1972 | |
| Role | Narrow-body jet airliner |
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| Manufacturer | Tupolev OKB, Kharkiv Aviation Factory, Kazan Aircraft Production Association, Omsk Aviation Plant 166 |
| Designer | Andrei Tupolev |
| First flight | 17 June 1955; 69 years ago |
| Introduction | 15 September 1956 (Aeroflot) |
| Retired | 1981 |
| Status | Retired |
| Primary users | Aeroflot ČSA |
| Produced | 1956–1960 |
| Number built | 201 |
| Developed from | Tupolev Tu-16 |
| Variants | Tupolev Tu-110 Tupolev Tu-124 |
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History Public Joint Stock Company Tupolev,
Tupolev Tu-104 Camel
The Tupolev Tu-154 (Russian: Tyполев Ту-154; NATO reporting name: "Careless") is a three-engined, medium-range, narrow-body airliner designed in the mid-1960s and manufactured by Tupolev. A workhorse of Soviet and (subsequently) Russian airlines for several decades, it carried half of all passengers flown by Aeroflot and its subsidiaries (137.5 million/year or 243.8 billion passenger-km in 1990), remaining the standard domestic-route airliner of Russia and former Soviet states until the mid-2000s. It was exported to 17 non-Russian airlines and used as a head-of-state transport by the air forces of several countries
Development
The Tu-154 was developed to meet Aeroflot's requirement to replace the jet-powered Tu-104 and the Antonov An-10 and Ilyushin Il-18 turboprops. The requirements called for either a payload capacity of 16–18 t (35,000–40,000 lb) with a range of 2,850–4,000 km (1,540–2,160 nmi) while cruising at 900 km/h (490 kn), or a payload of 5.8 t (13,000 lb) with a range of 5,800–7,000 km (3,100–3,800 nmi) while cruising at 850 km/h (460 kn). A take-off distance of 2,600 m (8,500 ft) at maximum takeoff weight was also stipulated as a requirement. Conceptually similar to the British Hawker Siddeley Trident, which first flew in 1962, and the American Boeing 727, which first flew in 1963, the medium-range Tu-154 was marketed by Tupolev at the same time as Ilyushin was marketing its long-range Ilyushin Il-62. The Soviet Ministry of Aircraft Industry chose the Tu-154, as it incorporated the latest in Soviet aircraft design and best met Aeroflot's anticipated requirements for the 1970s and 1980s
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Public Joint Stock Company Tupolev,
Tupolev Tu-104 Camel
Public Joint Stock Company Tupolev,
Tupolev Tu-104 Camel
General Info
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Cockpit crew 5(Tu-154B)-3(Tu-154M) Seating capacity 114–180 Length 48.0 m (157 ft 6 in) Wingspan 37.55 m (123 ft 2 in) Height 11.4 m (37 ft 5 in) Cabin width 3.58 m (11 ft 9 in)[
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Maximum speed 913 km/h (Mach 0.86) Range fully loaded 2,500 km Range with max fuel 3,900 km Service ceiling 12,100 m
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Between 1970 and December 2016 there were 110 serious incidents involving the Tu-154, including 73 hull losses,
with 2,911 fatalities.
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In October 2020 ALROSA, the last Russian passenger airline to operate this aircraft, retired its last remaining Tu-154
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In January 2010 Russian flag carrier Aeroflot announced the retirement of its Tu-154 fleet after 40 years, with the last scheduled flight being Aeroflot Flight 736 from Yekaterinburg to Moscow on 31 December 2009.
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