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Today, I give a few photos of the prototype Tu-144 Soviet-68001 at Sheremetyevo airport, made on 20-21 May 1969 during the first demonstration aircraft for correspondents and civil aviation.

On the plane it was available, both on the ground and in the air. For journalists had arranged a special press conference, which was attended by itself Tupolev. Tu-144 also made a series of demonstration flights. This event could not be seen, the next day the media covered the event, namely.

In the newspaper "Trud" for May 22, 1969 published the following article Y. Jafarov "Tu-144 passenger route»:

Yesterday in Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport conducted the first demonstration flights of the supersonic passenger aircraft Tu-144, created in the design office Tupolev.

Most journalists gathered at organized on this occasion a press conference was interested in the question whether the fly Tu-144 at the International Air Show, which opens on May 29 at the Paris Le Bourget airport. General aircraft Tupolev said the Tu-144 in the near future to carry out a series of very difficult and stressful tests. And take your prototype aircraft for a long time from this work does not make sense. Prior to the press conference, I asked the Tupolev, as it is now being tested. He smiled and raised his thumb - everything is done according to the plan. Now, when there is a check of all systems of the prototype Tu-144, already in the production of other machines in this series. The Deputy Minister of Aviation Industry of the USSR AA Kobzarev said that a number of foreign, countries have already received applications for the purchase of Soviet supersonic passenger aircraft.

The newspaper "Evening Moscow" on May 22, 1969 published the following article D. Guy "in the air of the Tu-144»:

Today the airport "Sheremetyevo", a demonstration of the new supersonic passenger aircraft "TU-144»
Today, the correspondent of "Evening Moscow" spoke with the commander of the crew of "TU-144" Honored Test Pilot of the USSR EV Yelyan.
- We are pleased to introduce guests to Sheremetyevo Airport, the first supersonic passenger plane, created by a team, headed by AN Tupolev - said Eduard Vaganovich. - Prototype testing is successful, we, pilots, airplane satisfied.

To complete the picture data is supplied with historical notes of photographs taken during those two days, when the Tu-144 made its debut to the public at Sheremetyevo.