that faded away from memory mostly because of this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_Paris_Air_Show_Tu-144_crash https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_Paris_Air_

that faded away from memory mostly because of this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_Paris_Air_Show_Tu-144_crash https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_Paris_Air_Show_Tu-144_cra... "During the show, there was a "fierce competition between the Anglo-French Concorde and the Russian Tu-144".[6] The Soviet pilot, Mikhail Kozlov, had bragged that he would outperform the Concorde.[6] "Just wait until you see us fly," he was quoted as saying. "Then you'll see something."[12] On the final day of the show, the Concorde, which was not yet in production, performed its demonstration flight first.[6] Its performance was later described as being unexciting, and it has been theorized that Kozlov was determined to show how much better his aircraft was.[12] Once in flight, the aircraft made what appeared to be a landing approach, with the landing gear out and the "moustache" canards extended, but then with all four engines full power, climbed rapidly. Possibly stalling below 2,000 ft (610 m), the aircraft pitched over and went into a steep dive.[6] Trying to pull out of the subsequent dive with the engines again at full power, the Tu-144 broke up in mid-air, possibly due to overstressing the airframe. The left wing came away first, and then the aircraft disintegrated and crashed,[6][8][10] destroying 15 houses,[13] and killing all six people on board the Tu-144 and eight more on the ground.[8] Three children were among those killed, and 60 people received severe injuries.[14]" i mean bragging about how good it was and then crashing is a trademark of the USSR.