Concordski spy.

[RadoVR6]

Has it ever been found out the name of the spy 'Ace' from this?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/447464.stm

[marshalla]

Yes : http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/news/Russians-comin...

[soad]

That was quick

[Oakey]

Really? Moved to this forum? Not the planes forum? Righto.

[anonymous-user]

RadoVR6 said:

Has it ever been found out the name of the spy 'Ace' from this?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/447464.stm

That's got to be the oldest internet link I've seen in a long while!

[RadoVR6]

Opulent said:

RadoVR6 said:

Has it ever been found out the name of the spy 'Ace' from this?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/447464.stm

That's got to be the oldest internet link I've seen in a long while!

Its the first one I came across when I searched google.

[FourWheelDrift]

Oakey said:

Really? Moved to this forum? Not the planes forum? Righto.

I've moved it into here.

[Mr_B]

Is there any truth that the Russians were also fed with plans a data that had been 'modified' by British Intelligence ?

[Tango13]

Mr_B said:

Is there any truth that the Russians were also fed with plans a data that had been 'modified' by British Intelligence ?

Yes. About 15 years ago there was a documentary on CH4 about the whole Tu-144 saga and in it they mentioned the industrial espionage that took place.

The Russians were having trouble with their tyre compounds so tried to find out what was being used on Corncord. The French secret service got wind of this and arranged for them to steal some formulations, if followed to the letter these "formulations" would've produced something resembling a cross between snot and bubble gum!

[Eric Mc]

The Bristol newspaper article states that one of the differences between Concorde and the Tu144 was that the Tu144 had its engines grouped under the fuselage and not on the wings. The picture shows the engines under the wings - although not as far out as on Concorde.

They are confusing the prototype Tu144 with the later pre-production and production models.

The prototype was almost a completely different aeroplane to the later versions. It had a different wing shape, engines located differently andd lacked the retractable canards.

Prototype







Pre-production

Edited by Eric Mc on Friday 14th January 08:11