Tupolev Tu-107
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The Tupolev
Tu-107 was a prototype Soviet
military transport aircraft developed from the Tu-104
. It featuring a rear ramp loading door and was intended to carry light vehicles or artillery pieces, or up to 70 paratroopers. The fuselage was unpressurized which meant the paratroopers had to use oxygen masks. A single prototype was built and flown but the aircraft was not put in production.
Tupolev
Tupolev is a Russian aerospace and defence company, headquartered in Basmanny District, Central Administrative Okrug, Moscow. Known officially as Public Stock Company Tupolev, it is the successor of the Tupolev OKB or Tupolev Design Bureau headed by the Soviet aerospace engineer A.N. Tupolev...
Tu-107 was a prototype Soviet
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
military transport aircraft developed from the Tu-104
Tupolev Tu-104
The Tupolev Tu-104 was a twin-engined medium-range turbojet-powered Soviet airliner and the world's first successful jet airliner...
. It featuring a rear ramp loading door and was intended to carry light vehicles or artillery pieces, or up to 70 paratroopers. The fuselage was unpressurized which meant the paratroopers had to use oxygen masks. A single prototype was built and flown but the aircraft was not put in production.