The Tupolev Tu-144
This vintage aircraft has given over fifty test flights prior to being sealed away for all of eternity because the relevant authorities realized that it was another disaster creation of the ’70s. The Tupolev Tu-144 was a Soviet supersonic passenger airliner that was designed by the famous Aleksey Tupolev. Unfortunately, its test flight ended in a ball of flames for all at the Paris Air show to witness in horror. Thankfully, this aircraft will never cause any trauma again.
The Tupolev Tu144
The Dassault Balzac V
The Dassault Balzac V was more of an assault to its designers and pilots! When France was bitten by the ‘vertical take-off’’ bug, the best and brightest minds decided that they would make an attempt at this foolish fad and hope to be successful, but unfortunately for them, this is one of the concepts that sounds amazing when described but in reality, it was the total opposite and nothing short of disastrous. The French design was inspired by the Mirage III. The French decided that they weren’t going to give up even though two young pilots lost their lives in the initial test flight of the Dassault Balzac V.The next attempt at flight also came plummeting down to Earth but thankfully this pilot managed to eject successfully before the might crash!
The Dassault Balzac V
