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Such military-civilian crossover projects seem to have been fairly common in the Soviet Union - one I remembered when reading this was the Tu-114, the fastest p
by rob74 5y ago
Such military-civilian crossover projects seem to have been fairly common in the Soviet Union - one I remembered when reading this was the Tu-114, the fastest propeller airliner, which was derived from a bomber:
> The 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.
(Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-114 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-114)
- bobthepanda 5y agoThe problem is that when you do that you usually end up sacrificing something for one case or the other. In the case of Russian planes, they weren’t ever really competitive on noise, fuel efficiency, range, or reliability. It’s why they (at least until recent events) switched overwhelmingly to Airbus and Boeing for civilian use.