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"TU-144LL Flying Laboratory will be preserved - 24/08/2006
After a social movement that have involved many Russians associations and institutions, it can be confirmed that the TU-144LL registered RA-77114 is also saved and will be preserved and on display at Moscow.
The foreseen place where she will be installed is still undefined, but an aviation museum that will be created the next year at Khodinskoe Pole, in downtown Moscow, is the most probably location. Another place might be at VDNH, the Exhibition Center of Moscow.
RA-77114 is an unique aircraft because she was the only one TU-144 converted into Flying Laboratory as part of the joint program between Tupolev and NASA for the development of a supersonic transport of second generation, SST-2. She is also the holder of 14 world records of speed, altitude and payload.
Her current state is not pretty good, all the instruments installed during her life as Flying Laboratory have been removed and the original equipment was not put back. She is also without engines.
When this project becomes a reality and CCCP-77115 is on display as a monument in Zhukovsky, Moscow will be the only one city of the world with three TU-144 preserved."
btw, since I have been so very seriously ill I have not thanked Martin enough for his SUPERB model of the Tu-144LL which graces my study.
Best regards,
Tu-144LL Preservation Confirmed
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