Editing Tupolev Tu-144 (section)

==Aircraft on display==
[[File:Tupolev Tu-144 @ Central Air Force Museum.jpg|thumb|left|Tu-144S#77106 preserved at [[Monino]] museum]]
[[File:Maintenance of memorial Tu-144 reg. No. 77114 in Zhukovsky, Russia.jpg|thumb|left|Seasonal maintenance of memorial Tu-144 reg. No. 77114 in Zhukovsky, Russia]]
[[File:Tu-144 Sinsheim.JPG|thumb|Tu-144D#77112 on display at [[Technik Museum Sinsheim]], Germany]]
[[File:TU 144 Sinsheim side.JPG|thumb|220px|right|Tu-144 at Sinsheim Museum.]]
[[File:Tupolev Tu-144 - complete rear view.jpg|thumb|TU-144 at Sinsheim Museum.]]
While several Tu-144s were donated to museums in Moscow [[Monino]], [[Samara, Russia|Samara]] and [[Ulyanovsk Aircraft Museum|Ulyanovsk]], at least two Tu-144D remained in open storage in Moscow Zhukovsky.<!---Past tense is correct, as no current information exists.--->

As of June 2010, two aircraft (tail numbers СССР-77114 and СССР-77115) are located outdoors at [[Gromov Flight Research Institute]], Zhukovsky (at coordinates {{Coord|55.569786|38.155652|aircraft_type:landmark}} and {{Coord|55.571776|38.152304|aircraft_type:landmark}}). Previously, they were displayed at [[MAKS Airshow]]s. Tail number 77115 was bought in 2005 by the Heros Club of Zhukovsky and still on display at MAKS as of 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.testpilots.ru/Tu-144/|title=Ту-144 — Герои неба|website=www.testpilots.ru|access-date=22 December 2019|archive-date=22 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191222222039/http://www.testpilots.ru/Tu-144/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2019, tail number 77114 was repainted in Aeroflot livery and put on display in front of the Gromov Flight Research institute main gate.<ref>{{cite web |title=Zhukovsky pays tribute to the venerable Tu-144 supersonic airliner |url=https://www.rusaviainsider.com/zhukovsky-pays-tribute-venerable-tu-144-supersonic-airliner/ |website=Russian Aviation Insider |access-date=17 June 2023 |date=26 August 2019 |archive-date=17 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230617231629/https://www.rusaviainsider.com/zhukovsky-pays-tribute-venerable-tu-144-supersonic-airliner/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

A Tu-144S, registration СССР-77106, is on display at [[Central Air Force Museum]] of Russia in Monino. Its maiden flight was on 4 March 1975, the final one on 29 February 1980. The aircraft was used to assess the effectiveness of the air-conditioning systems and to solve some problems on the fuel system. It can be considered the first production aircraft, being the first to be equipped for commercial use and delivered to Aeroflot. The first operational flight was on 26 December 1975 between Moscow and Alma-Ata carrying cargo and mail.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tu144sst.com/fleet/04-1.html|title=TU-144 SST : AEROFLOT FLEET : 04-1|website=www.tu144sst.com|access-date=1 July 2012|archive-date=30 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120630161641/http://www.tu144sst.com/fleet/04-1.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Another Tu-144, tail number СССР-77107, is on open display in Kazan and located at {{Coord|55.821714|49.135064|aircraft_type:landmark}}. The aircraft was constructed in 1975 and was a production model intended for passenger use. However, it was only used during test flights. On 29 March 1976 it made its last flight to Kazan. This aircraft was put on sale on [[eBay]] in 2017.<ref name="Russian TU-144 SST Airliner">{{cite web|title=Russian TU-144 SST Airliner|url=http://www.ebay.com/itm/Russian-TU-144-SST-Airliner-/182489803931?hash=item2a7d3d6c9b:g:U-0AAOSw241Yk5u2&vxp=mtr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170323175316/http://www.ebay.com/itm/Russian-TU-144-SST-Airliner-/182489803931?hash=item2a7d3d6c9b%3Ag%3AU-0AAOSw241Yk5u2&vxp=mtr|archive-date=23 March 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>[http://www.znachok.in.ua/modules/TDMPicture/viewcat.php?ct=11&view_mode=block]{{dead link|date=February 2018|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}} ''Znachok Soviet COllectibles''</ref>

TU-144S, tail number СССР-77108, is on display in the museum of Samara State Aerospace University ({{Coord|53.240367|50.364092|aircraft_type:landmark}}). It made its maiden flight on 12 December 1975, and its final flight on 27 August 1987. Development works on navigation system were made in this aircraft as well as [[Flight director (aeronautics)|flight-director]] approach.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tu144sst.com/fleet/04-2.html|title=TU-144 SST : AEROFLOT FLEET : 04-2|website=www.tu144sst.com|access-date=1 July 2012|archive-date=30 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120630161646/http://www.tu144sst.com/fleet/04-2.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

TU-144S, tail number СССР-77110, is on display at the [[Ulyanovsk Aircraft Museum]] in [[Ulyanovsk]]. Maiden flight occurred on 14 February 1977, the final Flight on 1 June 1984. This aircraft was the second of the two aircraft used for regular passengers' flights on Moscow – Alma-Ata route. In 1977 it flew to Paris to take part in the XXXII Paris Air Show at Le Bourget Airport. This was the last appearance of a Tu-144 in West Europe.
СССР-77110 was the last aircraft produced of the model Tu-144S, powered with Kuznetsov NK-144A engines.
In the first half of 2008 the cabin was open for visits and between August and September was restored and painted in the original Aeroflot livery.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tu144sst.com/fleet/06-1.html|title=TU-144 SST : AEROFLOT FLEET : 06-1|website=www.tu144sst.com|access-date=1 July 2012|archive-date=30 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120630162710/http://www.tu144sst.com/fleet/06-1.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The only Tu-144 on display outside the former Soviet Union, tail number СССР-77112, was acquired by the [[Technik Museum Sinsheim|Auto & Technikmuseum Sinsheim]] in Germany, where it was shipped – not flown – in 2001 and where it now stands, in its original Aeroflot livery, on display next to an [[Air France]] Concorde.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tupolev Tu-144 |url=https://sinsheim.technik-museum.de/de/tupolev-tu-144 |language=de |publisher=[[Technik Museum Sinsheim]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230703091327/https://sinsheim.technik-museum.de/de/tupolev-tu-144 |archive-date=3 July 2023 |access-date=13 November 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> As of 2017, the Technikmuseum Sinsheim remains the only museum in the world where the Tu-144 and Concorde are on display together.