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How big is it, really?
The Tupolev Tu-114's wingspan, against things you already know the size of.
The numbers
| Length | 54.10 m |
|---|---|
| Wingspan | 51.10 m |
| Height | 15.50 m |
| MTOW | 175,000 kg |
| Cruise | 770 km/h — propeller record |
| Range | ≈8,800 km |
| Engines | 4 × Kuznetsov NK-12MV (contra-rotating) |
| First flight | 15 November 1957 |
| Built | 32 |
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What makes it different
The Tu-114 was a Tu-95 strategic bomber with an airliner fuselage — the fastest way for the USSR to get intercontinental range in 1957. It kept the bomber's swept wings and four monstrous NK-12 turboprops with contra-rotating propellers, and cruised at 770 km/h: a propeller speed record that has never been broken.
When Khrushchev flew it to New York in 1959, the aircraft was so tall no American airstairs could reach the door. It flew Moscow to Havana nonstop over 10,000 km, and in partnership with JAL carried the first Moscow–Tokyo services.
Only 32 were built, retired by 1976 — but its bomber parent flies on, and every droning Tu-95 that NATO intercepts today is powered by the same engines that made the Tu-114 the fastest propliner ever.
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Who flies the Tupolev Tu-114
No current operators — this aircraft's flying days are over. The operators of record are below.