Today In Aviation: First Flight Of Tu-124

Today we celebrate the first flight of the Tupolev Tu-124 (NATO
reporting name: Cookpot), a 56-passenger short-range twinjet airliner
built in the Soviet Union. It was the first Soviet airliner powered by
turbofan engines.

Developed from the medium-range Tupolev Tu-104, the Tu-124 was
meant to meet Aeroflot’s requirement for a regional airliner to

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