Tupolev Tu-104 jet airliner

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jet airliner medium-range airliner narrow-body airliner

The Tupolev Tu-104 was one of the world’s first successful jet airliners, developed in the Soviet Union in the 1950s and used extensively by Aeroflot for medium-range passenger flights.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Tupolev Tu-104	7
Tupolev Tu-104 (transport variants)	1
Tupolev Tu-104 jet airliner canonical	1
Tupolev Tu-107	1
Tupolev Tu-110	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T473971 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Tupolev Tu-104 jet airliner
Context triple: [Andrei Tupolev, notableWork, Tupolev Tu-104 jet airliner]

A. Tupolev Tu-4 bomber
The Tupolev Tu-4 bomber is a Soviet long-range strategic bomber developed in the late 1940s as a reverse-engineered copy of the American Boeing B-29 Superfortress.
B. Tupolev Tu-2 bomber
The Tupolev Tu-2 bomber was a highly effective Soviet twin‑engine frontline bomber of World War II, known for its speed, payload capacity, and extensive use on the Eastern Front.
C. Tupolev Tu-16 bomber
The Tupolev Tu-16 bomber is a Soviet twin‑engine jet strategic bomber introduced in the 1950s, widely used for long-range bombing, maritime strike, and reconnaissance roles throughout the Cold War.
D. Tupolev ANT-20 Maxim Gorky
The Tupolev ANT-20 "Maxim Gorky" was a Soviet eight-engine propaganda and passenger aircraft of the 1930s, famed as one of the largest and most ambitious airplanes of its era.
E. Tupolev
Tupolev is a Russian aerospace and defense company best known for designing and producing military and civilian aircraft, including strategic bombers and airliners.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Tupolev Tu-104 jet airliner
Target entity description: The Tupolev Tu-104 was one of the world’s first successful jet airliners, developed in the Soviet Union in the 1950s and used extensively by Aeroflot for medium-range passenger flights.

A. Tupolev Tu-4 bomber
The Tupolev Tu-4 bomber is a Soviet long-range strategic bomber developed in the late 1940s as a reverse-engineered copy of the American Boeing B-29 Superfortress.
B. Tupolev Tu-2 bomber
The Tupolev Tu-2 bomber was a highly effective Soviet twin‑engine frontline bomber of World War II, known for its speed, payload capacity, and extensive use on the Eastern Front.
C. Tupolev Tu-16 bomber
The Tupolev Tu-16 bomber is a Soviet twin‑engine jet strategic bomber introduced in the 1950s, widely used for long-range bombing, maritime strike, and reconnaissance roles throughout the Cold War.
D. Tupolev ANT-20 Maxim Gorky
The Tupolev ANT-20 "Maxim Gorky" was a Soviet eight-engine propaganda and passenger aircraft of the 1930s, famed as one of the largest and most ambitious airplanes of its era.
E. Tupolev
Tupolev is a Russian aerospace and defense company best known for designing and producing military and civilian aircraft, including strategic bombers and airliners.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	jet airliner ⓘ medium-range airliner ⓘ narrow-body airliner ⓘ
aircraftRole	passenger airliner ⓘ transport aircraft ⓘ
airlineServiceType	medium-haul routes ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Soviet Union ⓘ
crew	5 ⓘ
cruiseSpeed	800 km/h ⓘ
designFeature	fuselage derived from Tu-16 bomber ⓘ swept wings ⓘ
developedFrom	Tupolev Tu-16 ⓘ linked to: Tupolev Tu-16 bomber
emptyWeight	42000 kg ⓘ
engineCount	2 ⓘ
engineType	turbojet ⓘ
enteredService	1956 ⓘ
firstFlightDate	1955-06-17 ⓘ
firstJetAirlinerInServiceFor	Aeroflot ⓘ
firstOperator	Aeroflot ⓘ
height	11.90 m ⓘ
introducedOnRoute	Moscow–Irkutsk ⓘ Moscow–Prague ⓘ
landingGear	tricycle landing gear ⓘ
landingRun	1800 m ⓘ
length	38.85 m ⓘ
manufacturer	Tupolev Design Bureau ⓘ linked to: Tupolev
maximumPassengerCapacity	100 ⓘ
maximumSpeed	950 km/h ⓘ
maximumTakeoffWeight	75000 kg ⓘ
natoReportingName	Camel ⓘ
notableFor	being among the world’s first successful jet airliners ⓘ being the second jet airliner to enter regular service after the de Havilland Comet ⓘ
numberBuilt	201 ⓘ
otherOperator	Czechoslovak Airlines ⓘ linked to: Czech Airlines
powerplant	2 × Mikulin AM-3 turbojet engines ⓘ
primaryOperator	Aeroflot ⓘ
productionPeriod	1956–1960 ⓘ
range	2650 km ⓘ
retiredFromService	1981 ⓘ
serviceCeiling	12000 m ⓘ
status	retired ⓘ
successor	Tupolev Tu-124 ⓘ Tupolev Tu-134 ⓘ linked to: Tupolev Tu-134 airliner
tailConfiguration	conventional tail ⓘ
takeoffRun	2350 m ⓘ
typicalPassengerCapacity	50 ⓘ
usedBy	Czechoslovak Air Force ⓘ Soviet Air Force ⓘ linked to: Soviet Air Forces
wingArea	184 m² ⓘ
wingspan	34.54 m ⓘ

How these facts were elicited