The Grand Sports Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium in Luzhniki on the day of the opening ceremony of the 22nd Summer Olympic Games. Author Yury Korolyov. Moscow. July 19, 1980.
Along with Concorde, the Tu-144 was one of the two supersonic transport aircraft put into service. It made its first flight on Dec. 31, 1968, a month earlier than its European counterpart.
