Aviation - Plane Crash - XB 70

is definitely TU-144 Konkordski,because it had only for engines instead of famous sixpask of XB-70.And second reason is that TU had retractable canards instead of XB-70.Last reason,XB had been developed as a bomber here you can see windows for passengers,and XB never flew outside the US and these shots were taken in Paris air display in 1973.Both planes are my favourite so Im absolutely sure of what Im writing.Try Google and search for both types and you will see the differences.

AKA Concordsky, this was his last flight then the project was shelved for good.

I agree with Kingstonman. This is definitely not the XB-70. If you look at the XB-70, you can easily see that the fuselage, from the leading edge of the wing forward, is MUCH longer on the XB-70 than in the plane shown here.

This is definitely the footage of the Tupelov crashing at the 1973 Paris Air Show. The TU-144 can be identified by the long canard wings at the top of the fuselage and single tall tail rudder. The British French Concord lacked these extra wings and the XB-70 had shorter, stubbier canard wings. The XB-70 is also easily set apart from either the Concord or TU-144 since the XB-70 had two, not one, tail rudders.
The Soviets never seemed to have much luck copying the West's technological triumphs it woud seem if you think of the TU-144 and the space shuttle copy The Buran.

i have seen the in-flight collision video...i wish i could find it...only MACH3 bomber ever designed...that plane crashing mightve been the concorde that went down a cpl years ago when it sucked some debris into the engine..and i also have been to wright patterson AFB in ohio around 1975 where the 2nd plane sits and was in the cockpit....way too many gauges!!!

Oh, yeah, only one tail fin. Still, no XB-70 involved.

That was in fact an XB-70 taking off, but that was a different plane than the one that crashed.
1. There were only 2 XB-70's made. One is in Dayton, Ohio (I've seen it up close), and the other crashed.
2. The one that crashed was flying with 4 other planes. One flew too close and got caught in the air stream on its left wing and sheared it off. All though the same thing appeared to happen, you couldn't see any chase planes, and it was at too low an alltitude.

I mean poorley

This was the Tupolev TU-144 (or the Concordski), and it was very pooely designed. The Russians were just asking for an ass kicking here.

and the western aviation industry used to call them Concordski.I think the crash took place during the Paris air show in 1971 or 72. (sorry,not sure about the year)

Calls that an XB70. Thats TU144 super sonic airliner that was competing with the concorde. Never saw service i believe

This aircraft is either the Concorde or the Russian imitation. It is definitely NOT the USAF XB-70.

There were 2 crashes of this Soviet prototype. One was possibly mechanical failure and the other they believed occurred at an airshow when it's speculated that the Tupolev pilot made a radical move to avoid a French aircraft and then lost control.It was controversial because the French/British Concord and this aircraft were in competition. This footage could be from that airshow.

Russian copy of concorde, thats what you get if you use stolen drawings!!

you never know till you try! p.s is that a concorde?

If you were to read about the Tu-144 you'dd find out that it actually frew first.... so it wasn't a copy... one who knows anything about supersonic flight also knows that the plane just has to look like that.... for example- boeing's SST design that never made it to production , and the one that the japanese are trying to build right now. so it wasn't a copy...