Tupolev Tu-114 Rossiya was a turboprop-powered long-range airliner designed by the Tupolev design bureau and built in the Soviet Union from May 1955.
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15 Facts About Tupolev Tu-114
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In 14 years of civilian service, the Tupolev Tu-114 was reported to have a high level of safety and reliability.
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The Tupolev Tu-114 carried over six million passengers before being replaced by the jet-powered Ilyushin Il-62.
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Tupolev Tu-114 used the basic wing, empennage, landing gear, and powerplants of the Tu-95 bomber, mated to a totally new pressurized fuselage of much larger diameter.
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Tupolev Tu-114 was able to reach speeds typical of modern jetliners, but its cruising speed equivalent to Mach 0.
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The Tupolev Tu-114 had four sleeping compartments with three berths in each, and a "restaurant" cabin in the midsection of the aircraft — the loudest section on the aircraft — with eight tables, each of which had six seats in a face-to-face arrangement.
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Passengers on the Tupolev Tu-114 endured high noise levels and vibrations from the propellers and engines.
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The Tupolev Tu-114 was still in the testing phase and had completed its first long range flight only four months earlier, after which postflight analysis found that hairline cracks had formed in the engines.
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Khrushchev later said, "We didn't publicize the fact that Tupolev Tu-114's son was with us" for "to do so, would have meant giving explanations, and these might have been damaging to our image".
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Tupolev Tu-114 had a short commercial service life compared with other Soviet airliners, being operated on regular flights from 1962 to 1976.
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In 1969, the Moscow–Tokyo Tupolev Tu-114 flights ended and the four involved planes converted back to the 200-seat domestic layout.
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In June 1959 the Aviation Sports committee of the Central Air Club named after Valeriy P Chkalov approached the Tupolev OKB suggesting that various aviation records could be taken by Tupolev-designed aircraft.
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The Tupolev OKB prepared a detailed plan for record attempts on the Tu-16, Tu-104, Tu-104B, Tu-95M and Tu-114.
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The second preproduction Tupolev Tu-114 was prepared and clearance obtained to fly with the 30-tonne payload required for some of the record attempts.
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