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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:
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Select images/videos from Getty Images
Russian Ministry of Defense

Engine and Airframe Lifespan References:
https://vikond65.livejournal.com/1173...
https://www.sovsekretno.ru/articles/i...
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20...
Airframe reference: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%...
Engine reference: https://books.google.ca/books?id=bWj2...
https://cmvvs.ru/ekspozitsiya/letatel...