On this day in aviation history, 85 years ago (January 29, 1941), the Tupolev Tu-2 flew for the first time. Referred to as the Bat by NATO, the Tu-2 was a Soviet twin-engined high-speed frontline ...
The historic flight, which was 11 years in the making, saw the TU-2 flying longer than 14 hours and traveling over 6,000 NM across all 48 contiguous states of the U.S. On Aug. 1, 2025, we reported ...