Tupolev Tu-70

Tu-70
General information
TypeAirliner
National originSoviet Union
ManufacturerTupolev
StatusCancelled
Number built1
History
First flight27 November 1946
Developed fromTupolev Tu-4
VariantsTupolev Tu-75

The Tupolev Tu-70 (Russian: Туполев Ту-70; NATO reporting name: Cart) was a Soviet passenger variant of the Tu-4 bomber, an unlicensed, reverse engineered copy of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress.[1] Designed immediately after the end of World War II, it used a number of components from Boeing B-29s that had made emergency landings in the Soviet Union after bombing Japan.[2] It had the first pressurized fuselage in the Soviet Union and first flew on 27 November 1946.[3] The aircraft was successfully tested, recommended for serial production, but ultimately not produced because of more pressing military orders and because Aeroflot had no requirement for such an aircraft. A military cargo aircraft version was the Tupolev Tu-75.

  1. ^ Dow, James (1997). The Arrow. James Lorimer & Company. ISBN 978-1-55028-554-3.
  2. ^ "Intrusions, Overflights, Shootdowns and Defections During the Cold War and Thereafter". myplace.frontier.com. Retrieved 2018-12-26.
  3. ^ Gordon, p. 105