Tupolev, Andrei (Nikolayevich)
- Tupolev, Andrei (Nikolayevich)
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born Nov. 10, 1888, Pustomazovo, Russia
died Dec. 23, 1972, Moscow
Russian aircraft designer.
In 1918 he cofounded the U.
S.
S.
R.'
s Central Aerohydrodynamics Institute,
and in 1922 he became head of its design bureau (
see Tupolev),
producing airplanes of all-
metal construction.
Arrested in 1937 on charges of activities against the state,
he was assigned to work on the design of military aircraft.
Under confinement,
he led a team that produced the Tu-
2 twin-
engine tactical bomber,
which was widely used in World War II.
Freed during the war,
Tupolev and his reestablished design bureau replicated the U.
S.
B-
29;
the resulting Tu-
4 became the Soviet Union'
s principal strategic bomber until the mid-
1950s.
After adapting jet propulsion to several piston-
engine airframes,
Tupolev introduced the swept-
wing Tu-
16 (
NATO, "
Badger")
jet bomber (
first flown 1952)
and its civilian derivative Tu-
104 (
1955),
one of the first jet transports to provide regular passenger service.
Tupolev and his son Alexei headed the effort that produced the Tu-
144 supersonic transport,
the first passenger jet to exceed Mach 1 (
1969).
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Universalium.
2010.
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Andrei Tupolev — Andrei Nikolayevich Tupolev ( ru. Андрей Николаевич Туполев; November 10, 1888 ndash; December 23, 1972) was a pioneering Soviet aircraft designer. During his career, he designed and oversaw the design of more than 100 types of aircraft, some of… … Wikipedia
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Tupolev — /tooh poh leuhf/; Russ. /tooh peuh lyif/, n. Andrei Nikolayevich /un drddyay nyi ku lah yi vyich/, 1888 1972, Russian engineer and aircraft designer. * * * officially ANTK imeni A.N. Tupoleva formerly OKB 156 Russian aerospace design bureau that… … Universalium
Tupolev — Tu•po•lev [[t]tuˈpoʊ ləf, ˈtu pə ləf[/t]] n. big Andrei Nikolayevich, 1888–1972, Russian engineer and aircraft designer … From formal English to slang
Tupolev — /tooh poh leuhf/; Russ. /tooh peuh lyif/, n. Andrei Nikolayevich /un drddyay nyi ku lah yi vyich/, 1888 1972, Russian engineer and aircraft designer … Useful english dictionary
