The Russian-built Tupolev Tu-144 was the first ... However, it was louder, more uncomfortable, and unpopular compared to Concorde. A crash at the Paris Air Show in 1973 marred the Tu-144's ...

Only two projects made their way to large-scale production and commercial use - the Soviet Tu-144 and the French-British Concorde. Russian Tsar’s daughter might have escaped 1918 execution ...