Gordon, Komissarov, and Rigmant trace the history of the Soviet Union's only supersonic commercial airliner, the Tupolev Tu-144. They recount its origins and design, testing, prototypes and technical details, production versions, Aeroflot service, accidents, projected military versions, comparisons of the “Concordski” with the Concorde, and the work on a second generation successor, the Tu-144LL. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)