More U.S.-funded Tu-144 test flights are under discussion.

TU-144 TESTS: NASA and Boeing are planning to work together on a follow-on series of test flights using Russia's Tu-144 supersonic transport as a testbed. The Tu-144 already has completed 18 test flights to evaluate such SST issues as sonic boom footprint, but the original 32-flight test series was...

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