Tupolev Tu-154 early development

[Psosmdj]

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Are these real drawings by the Tupolev Design Bureau? Do you have any information about the early development of this design?

 

[flateric]

No. They are not authentic in-house drawings. Surely were created using first public photos or something as they are very wrong.

 

[Dr.Snufflebug]

That last picture looks strikingly similar to the split top/bottom and side illustrations in the UK-published Kenneth Munson books from the 70s.

I own a whole bunch of them, and the Tu-154 is indeed featured in the "Airliners since 1946" edition, but it is not the same exact illustration (see below).

But given the style, it might well be from another Munson release. A lot of the USSR stuff in these books was based on sketchy data, as it were in the 70s.