The Tupolev Tu-82 was an experimental Soviet bomber of the late 1940s and the first Soviet jet bomber with swept wings. Like the earlier Tu-14, it was designed to investigate swept-wing flight. It was powered by two Klimov VK-1 engines of 26.5 kN thrust each, first flew in February 1949 and reached a top speed of 934 km/h and a ceiling of 14,000 metres, carrying a crew of three. Tupolev planned a larger combat version, the Tu-86, but it was never built. It stands as an experimental step between the piston-engined Tu-2 family and the later Soviet jet bombers.
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the Tu-82 first flew in February 1949
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