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*the Soviet's doomed rival to the doomed Concord
by guilhas 5y ago
*the Soviet's doomed rival to the doomed Concord
- fredoralive 5y agoThe plane uses the French spelling with an e, even in English (although it appears there was a bit of back and forth on that back during the 1960s).
- johnwalkr 5y agoIt was actually really controversial at the time, at least for conservative English newspapers. I stumbled upon old news footage of it on YouTube once. I remember an English worker with a rough accent saying something like “I don’t care if they put three es on the end, just let us keep working on the bloody thing”.
- nicbou 5y agoThe Soviet scored another first by dooming its plane before the West
- mhh__ 5y agoTo use more creative language: If Concord was doomed, then the Tu-144 was completely fucked from day 1.