Tupolev Tu-104

Also known as Tu-104, Camel

twin-engined jet airliner (1955)

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Type: Narrow-body jetliner
Manufacturer: Tupolev OKB , Kharkiv Aviation Factory, Kazan Aircraft Production Association , Omsk Aviation Plant 166
Designer: Andrei Tupolev
Status: Retired
Primary users: Aeroflot ČSA
Manufactured: 1956–1960
Introduction date: 15 September 1956 (Aeroflot)
First flight: 17 June 1955 ; 70 years ago ( 1955-06-17 )
Developed from: Tupolev Tu-16
Developed into: Tupolev Tu-110 , Tupolev Tu-124 , Tupolev Tu-107

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Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-104B at Arlanda Airport in 1968, with drag parachute deployed

The Tupolev Tu-104 (NATO reporting name: Camel) is a medium-range, narrow-body, twin turbojet-powered Soviet airliner. It was the second jetliner to enter regular service, after the British de Havilland Comet and was the only jetliner operating in the world from 1956 to 1958, when the British jetliners were grounded after several crashes.