In 1957, a Tu-104 passenger plane flew on an ultra-long route from Moscow to New York. The flight was among the 26 speed and payload records set by this liner.
The Tu-104 covered 9,000 kilometers in 13 hours at a speed of about 850 kilometers per hour. It was a sensation, the press wrote that the Russians "confirmed their priority in the development of jet aircraft".
The Tu-104 was then the only jetliner in operation, the Boeing-707 was not ready yet, the British Comet no longer flew due to disasters.
The aircraft received the gold medal of the international aviation exhibition in Brussels.
For a quarter of a century of its production, the Tu-104 proved to be a very reliable aircraft that could withstand up to 15,000 flights.
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