[[Image:Tu_134.jpg|thumb|right|330px|An Aeroflot Tu-134 sits on the tarmac]] The Tupolev Tu-134 (NATO reporting name Crusty) was a Russian twin-engined airliner, similar to the American Douglas DC-9. One of the most used aircraft in the former Warsaw Pact countries, the number in active service is lowering because of noise restrictions. The Tu-134 was meant as a replacement of the Tu-124, which didn't fulfill the role it was intended for. Seating 70-80 passengers with a range of about 2400 km it was the short-range mainstay of Aeroflot. The first passenger of the type flight took place from Moscow to Stockholm on 12 September 1967. It would be the last Tupolev passenger aircraft with a glass nose, and the later B variant had the radar (which was chin-mounted on the A models) in the nose. Compared to Western short-ranged jet airliners, the Tu-134 had a much sharper sweepback angle (35 degrees, while most Western short-haulers had sweepbacks between 25 and 28 degrees). Like many other Tupolev aircraft, the aircraft was fitted with a hefty low-pressure landing gear, retracting into nacelles extending from the trailing edges of the wings. This allows the aircraft to operate from unpaved airstrips. Production variants All A variants have been built with the distinct glass nose, but some are modified to the B standard (closed nose): * Tu-134, glass nosed version, first series seating 70 * Tu-134A, second series, seating 80 * Tu-134A-3, second series, with uprated engines * Tu-134B, second series, 80 seats and closed nose * Tu-134B-3, second series, closed nose and uprated engines. Some of the B models have long-range tanks fitted under the fuselage; these are visible as a prolific bulge. == Related content == Related development: Comparable aircraft: Douglas DC-9 Designation sequence: Tupolev Tu-28 - Tupolev Tu-130 - Tupolev Tu-121 - Tu-134 - Tupolev Tu-125 - Tupolev Tu-130 - Tupolev Tu-28 Related lists: List of airliners Soviet airliners 1960-1969
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[[Image:Tu_134.jpg|thumb|right|330px|An Aeroflot Tu-134 sits on the tarmac]] The Tupolev Tu-134 (NATO reporting name Crusty) was a Russian twin-engined airliner, similar to the American Douglas DC-9. One of the most used aircraft in the former Warsaw Pact countries, the number in active service is lowering because of noise restrictions. The Tu-134 was meant as a replacement of the Tu-124, which didn't fulfill the role it was intended for. Seating 70-80 passengers with a range of about 2400 km it was the short-range mainstay of Aeroflot. The first passenger of the type flight took place from Moscow to Stockholm on 12 September 1967. It would be the last Tupolev passenger aircraft with a glass nose, and the later B variant had the radar (which was chin-mounted on the A models) in the nose. Compared to Western short-ranged jet airliners, the Tu-134 had a much sharper sweepback angle (35 degrees, while most Western short-haulers had sweepbacks between 25 and 28 degrees). Like many other Tupolev aircraft, the aircraft was fitted with a hefty low-pressure landing gear, retracting into nacelles extending from the trailing edges of the wings. This allows the aircraft to operate from unpaved airstrips. Production variants All A variants have been built with the distinct glass nose, but some are modified to the B standard (closed nose): * Tu-134, glass nosed version, first series seating 70 * Tu-134A, second series, seating 80 * Tu-134A-3, second series, with uprated engines * Tu-134B, second series, 80 seats and closed nose * Tu-134B-3, second series, closed nose and uprated engines. Some of the B models have long-range tanks fitted under the fuselage; these are visible as a prolific bulge. == Related content == Related development: Comparable aircraft: Douglas DC-9 Designation sequence: Tupolev Tu-28 - Tupolev Tu-130 - Tupolev Tu-121 - Tu-134 - Tupolev Tu-125 - Tupolev Tu-130 - Tupolev Tu-28 Related lists: List of airliners Soviet airliners 1960-1969
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