Lectures
Lecture: Why the Tu-144 Was Ahead of Its Time
An engineering examination of the supersonic airliner: what was solved brilliantly and what proved unsolvable.
- Next date
- 4 October 2026
- Time
- 19:00
- Place
- Lecture Hall
- Price
- from RUB 400
- Capacity
- 100
Speed, noise, fuel burn, the retractable canard and an engine on permanent afterburner — the story of how excellent aerodynamics lost to powerplant economics.
