Cardman wrote:

"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.

These are enough - the most advanced bomber of WWII, the first
supersonic transport, and the first space shuttle.

I am now wondering if we stole some Soviet designs?

Certainly not the B-29, as it first flew in the U.S. in 1942, and over
2,000 were built by the U.S. by the end of WWII in 1945. The Soviet
Tu-4 first flew in 1947 and over 800 were built by 1952.