Pin made in Soviet Russia. The pin shows the Tupolev TU-124. The text on the pin reads:”The first Soviet turbofan aircraft”, and:”Medium and short range passenger plane”.
The Tupolev TU-124 is a 56-passenger short-range twin-jet airliner built in the Soviet Union. It was the Soviet Union’s first operational airliner powered by turbofan engines build 1960 until 1965. A total of 164 Tu-124s were built.
Issues with the safety of the TU-104 affected the fate of the TU-124, although the reliability of the TU-124 was slightly better. Production ended in 1965 and Aeroflot decommissioned its last twelve Tu-124s in 1980. The Tu-124 continued in operation for some years with the Soviet Air Force and in Iraq, but all aircraft were withdrawn before and in 1990, The ones in Iraq military and Iraqi Airways were destroyed in early 1990s during the Gulf War.