The Tupolev Tu-116 (Russian: Туполев Ту-116) is a turboprop-powered long-range airliner designed by the Tupolev design bureau and built in the USSR. == Development == The Tu-116, like the Tu-114, was based on the Tu-95 strategic bomber. Both airliners were developed in parallel with the Tu-116 taking priority due to the numerous visits of General Secretary Nikita Khrushchev to both Western and Eastern countries during the so-called Khrushchev Thaw.
The Tupolev Tu-116 (Russian: Туполев Ту-116) is a turboprop-powered long-range airliner designed by the Tupolev design bureau and built in the USSR. == Development == The Tu-116, like the Tu-114, was based on the Tu-95 strategic bomber. Both airliners were developed in parallel with the Tu-116 taking priority due to the numerous visits of General Secretary Nikita Khrushchev to both Western and Eastern countries during the so-called Khrushchev Thaw.
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