Soviet jet civil aviation began with the Tu-104. It was a real world breakthrough, a response to Great Britain and Canada. They say, we can also make such airliners. By the way, the Canadian plane turned out to be just a prototype and did not go into production. The British "Comets" were also quickly taken out of production - they were too problematic. Therefore, the Soviet Tu-104 from 1956 to 1958 was the only airliner in the world used for commercial flights.
However, “The Serpent Gorynych” also turned out to be “raw” and unfinished. It could not have been otherwise - the very idea of creating a passenger airliner on the chassis of a military bomber turned out to be a failure. There is no point in comparing different classes of equipment. The first task is to produce maximum results without regard to the resource. But the latter is a priority in passenger transportation. Moreover, the newly designed fuselage destroyed the refinement of the Tu-16 design. The airliner turned out to be bulky, “clumsy”, and difficult to control.
Therefore, the requirements for the skill of Tu-104 pilots and its modifications turned out to be prohibitive. And even this did not protect the planes from disasters. It turns out that the first jet airliner in the USSR was unsuccessful? This is far from true. It’s just that in the pursuit of world fame the car was not finalized. In any case, the Tu-104 opened a new milestone in the history of Soviet civil aircraft construction. And the author of the DOSAAF Aviation channel will tell you how enthusiasts are trying to “revive” one of the legendary aircraft.
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