{"id":52693,"date":"2024-05-25T01:01:12","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T15:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/tupolev-tu-404-history\/"},"modified":"2024-05-25T01:01:12","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T15:01:12","slug":"tupolev-tu-404-the-enormous-blended-wing-jetliner-that-never-was","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=52693","title":{"rendered":"Tupolev Tu-404: The Enormous Blended Wing Jetliner That Never Was"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Russian-made Tupolev Tu-404 is the largest passenger aircraft ever designed, yet many people have never heard of the plane. Its eye-catching design is reminiscent of some modern-day military aircraft and prototype passenger aircraft (like JetZeros Pathfinder<\/a>), evoking thoughts of sci-fi films about future societies. The behemoth airplane was never put into service, but it remains a fascinating aircraft offering valuable insight. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Russian aircraft featured a futuristic design and would have carried over 1,200 passengers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,120,408,9649,1616,830,1159],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-europe","category-history","category-large-aircraft","category-largest-aircraft","category-russian-aviation","category-tupolev"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t