Tu-80 | |
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General information | |
Type | Heavy bomber |
National origin | Soviet Union |
Manufacturer | Tupolev |
Status | Cancelled |
Number built | 1 |
History | |
First flight | 1 December 1949 |
Developed from | Tupolev Tu-4 |
Developed into | Tupolev Tu-85 |
The Tupolev Tu-80 (Russian: Туполев Ту-80) was a Soviet prototype for a longer-ranged version of the Tupolev Tu-4 bomber, an unlicensed, reverse engineered copy of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress. It was cancelled in 1949 in favor of the Tupolev Tu-85 program which offered even more range. The sole prototype was used in various test programs before finally being used as a target.