Fun Fact about random shit! The TU-144 was the 1st super sonic passenger jet to fly..Not the Concorde

The Tupolev Tu-144 (NATO name: "Charger'") was the first commercial supersonic transport aircraft (SST). It was one of only two SSTs to enter commercial service, the other being the Anglo-FrenchConcorde. The design, publicly unveiled in January 1962, was constructed in the Soviet Union under the direction of the Tupolev design bureau, headed by Alexei Tupolev.^[1]

The prototype first flew on 31 December 1968 near Moscow,^[1] two months before the first flight of Concorde. The Tu-144 first went supersonic on 5 June 1969, and on 26 May 1970 became the first commercial transport to exceed Mach 2. The frequent comparisons to Concorde led to the Tu-144 being known as "Concordski" in the West.^[2]

When you think of super sonic flight, you probably first think of the Concorde. But that wasn't the first super sonic transporter and it certainly