| Tupolev Tu-124 | |
|---|---|
 | |
| General information | |
| Type | Short-range jetliner |
| Designer | Tupolev |
| Built by | Kharkiv State Aircraft Manufacturing Company |
| Status | Retired |
| Primary users | Aeroflot Iraqi Airways |
| Number built | 164 |
| History | |
| Manufactured | 1960–1965 |
| Introduction date | 2 October 1962 |
| First flight | 29 March 1960 |
| Retired | 1980 Aeroflot, 1990 Iraqi Airways, 1992 (military service) |
| Developed from | Tupolev Tu-104 |
| Variants | Tupolev Tu-134 |
The Tupolev Tu-124 (NATO reporting name: Cookpot) is a 56-passenger short-range twin-jet airliner built in the Soviet Union. It was the Soviet Union's first operational airliner powered by turbofan engines.[1]
- ^ The Development Of Jet And Turbine Aero Engines 4th edition, Bill Gunston 2006, ISBN 0 7509 4477 3, p.197