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‘Concordski’: The spectacular failure of the Soviets’ Concorde rival

By CNN.com - RSS Channel - World Jul 10, 2019 | 5:19 AM

When the Soviet rival to Concorde made its first foreign appearance at the Paris Air Show in 1971, everyone was impressed. In the heated race to develop a supersonic passenger jet, it was the USSR who got off to a head start.