Lectures
Lecture: Tu-144 and Concorde — the Race for Sound
The two supersonic airliners compared: aerodynamics, economics and why both left the stage.
- Next date
- 5 September 2026
- Time
- 19:00
- Place
- Jet Era Hall
- Price
- from RUB 350
An aviation engineer takes both aircraft apart system by system: ogival versus delta-with-canard wings, engines, fuel efficiency and noise. The lecture ends with a discussion of whether supersonic passenger flight will return.
