SIMPLE FLYING · AIRLINES
HERE'S WHY SOVIET AIRCRAFT HAVE GLASS NOSES & WESTERN JETS DON'T...
The fierce competition of the Cold War saw the Soviet Union copy or develop analogues to many Western aircraft (Concorde vs Tu-144, B-29 vs Tu-4) .
SCOTT: Every ugly workaround in a cockpit is someone solving a real aerodynamic problem. Concorde’s nose is the most photogenic version of a lesson we still teach: the airframe will not apologize for your sight picture.