Tupolev Tu-104 Aircraft Family
The Tupolev Tu-104 was the Soviet Union's first series-produced jet airliner and one of the first jet transports to sustain scheduled passenger service. Developed rapidly from the Tu-16's swept wing, tail, landing gear, and propulsion system, it paired those components with a new wide pressurized fuselage. The original 50-seat model led to higher-capacity Tu-104A and stretched Tu-104B variants, while a small number of military derivatives supported aircrew and navigation training.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Tu-104Tupolev 104Tu-104ATu-104BTu-104VTu-104Sh
- Family Name
- Tupolev Tu-104
- Full Name
- Tupolev Tu-104 Aircraft Family
- Roles
- airlinertrainermilitary
- Status
- retired
- Type
- aircraft
Details
- Aircraft Specs
- Configuration
- fixed_wing
- Operating Modes
- land
- Takeoff Landing Capabilities
- conventional
- Description
- The Tupolev Tu-104 was the Soviet Union's first series-produced jet airliner and one of the first jet transports to sustain scheduled passenger service. Developed rapidly from the Tu-16's swept wing, tail, landing gear, and propulsion system, it paired those components with a new wide pressurized fuselage. The original 50-seat model led to higher-capacity Tu-104A and stretched Tu-104B variants, while a small number of military derivatives supported aircrew and navigation training.
- First Flight Year
- 1,955
- Manufacturer
- Propulsion Configurations
- Entries
- Nested value
- Name
- Tupolev Tu-104 early-series AM-3 installation
- Notes
- Early 50-seat Tu-104 baseline only. The museum distinguishes Tu-104A/B and other derivatives with changed passenger capacity and more powerful engine variants; those siblings remain intentionally unmodeled. This configuration is an alternative on the broad Tu-104 family, not a claim that all Tu-104 subseries share one exact engine.
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- Creation Time
- July 29, 2026 at 11:50:00 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 4, 2026 at 22:23:31 UTC