The first flight was performed on July 29, 1963, in operation since September 1967. One of the most massive passenger aircraft assembled in the Soviet Union. In total, along with prototypes and pre-production models, 854 aircraft of all modifications were built. Production was completely discontinued in 1989. Tu-134 was exported to the countries of the Warsaw Pact.
Tu-134 is a short-haul passenger aircraft with two turbojet bypass engines D-20P-125 on an experimental aircraft and D-30 on serial ones. The engines are installed in the rear fuselage on pylons, which significantly reduces cabin noise compared to previous generation aircraft. The horizontal tail is raised to the top of the keel (T-tail). The fuel is placed in the caisson tanks of the wing. Tu-134 was certified according to international standards. The aircraft was built in various modifications: passenger, special-purpose vehicles, flying laboratories. It was also used in Air Force schools.
The Tu-134 is made according to the scheme of an all-metal cantilever low-wing aircraft with a swept wing (sweep angle - 35 °), placed in the rear fuselage by two D-30 engines of various series. Wing mechanization - double-slotted flaps and spoilers produced only on the ground; slats are absent. The wing area is 127.3 m². The fuselage is "borrowed" from the Tu-124 and lengthened by 7 meters. Plumage - T-shaped. Chassis - retractable, tricycle. The front support retracts into a niche in the fuselage, the main ones - into special gondolas on the wing. The main supports have two axes.
