Alexei Andreyevich Tupolev was a Soviet

Soviet Union

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 aircraft designer who led the development of the first supersonic

Supersonic

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 passenger jet, the failed Tupolev Tu-144

Tupolev Tu-144

The Tupolev Tu-144 was a Soviet supersonic transport aircraft and remains one of only two SSTs to enter commercial service, the other being the Concorde...

. He also helped design the Buran

Shuttle Buran

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 space shuttle and the Tu-2000, which has been suspended because of the lack of funds.

Tupolev was the son of famed Soviet aircraft pioneer, Andrei Tupolev

Andrei Tupolev

Andrei Nikolayevich Tupolev was a pioneering Soviet aircraft designer.During his career, he designed and oversaw the design of more than 100 types of aircraft, some of which set 78 world records...

. He graduated from the Moscow Aviation Institute

Moscow Aviation Institute

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in 1949 and began working with his father at the Tupolev Design Bureau. He became chief designer in 1963 and general designer in 1973.

Airliners designed by Andrei Tupolev

List (partial) of retired or active Airliners designed or made by aviation designer/engineer Andrei Tupolev; incl. both military and civilian planes, jets and other aircraft: Tupolev Tu-104, Tupolev Tu-16, Tupolev Tu-114, Tupolev Tu-116, Tupolev Tu-126, Tupolev Tu-134, Tupolev 124, Tupolev Tu-95.