On Sun, 21 Aug 2005 00:15:25 -0400, "Scott M. Kozel"
wrote:

Cardman wrote:
You got to love the Russians stealing these designs. Like here is
another interesting photo to see...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Tu-144.jpg

Concorde you may think. However, that is actually the Soviet Tupolev
Tu-144. And it even had the nerve to fly a prototype two months before
Concorde first flew.

This explains why the USSR failed. They took all the western country's
most advance designs and then spent billions making this "expensive
technological crap". ;-]

The Soviets also copied the U.S. B-29 Superfortress --

"Shortly after World War II, the Tupolev design bureau in the Soviet
Union manufactured a near-copy of the B-29, the Tupolev Tu-4, based on
reverse engineering of three interned early-model B-29s. Some of these
remained in service into the 1960s in the Soviet Union".

http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclop...-Superfortress

Yes, I see. Here is a photo of the Soviet version...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Tu4.jpg

I am sure that there are plenty more examples around. I am now
wondering if we stole some Soviet designs?

Cardman.