Biography of Tupolev Air Designer

Found inaccuracies in the description? Want to offer a photo or video to publish? The main Andrei Nikolaevich Tupolev is an outstanding Soviet scientist and aircraft designer, one of the founding fathers of modern aircraft construction. The story of Andrei Tupolev was born on October 29 on November 10 in the village of Pustomazovo Tver province. From childhood he succeeded in the exact sciences.

Bauman and still there became a member of the aeronautian circle. Even before the revolution, he designed aerodynamic pipes, together with N. Zhukovsky created the Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute. In gg. He was engaged in the design of the first Soviet airships, produced in the village of airships now - the city of Dolgoprudny. Despite the successes, relations with the leadership of the Soviet system at Tupolev were difficult, he was accused of wrecking and arrested.

Only after the death of Stalin, Andrei Nikolaevich was completely rehabilitated in the year. At large, Tupolev in the year developed aircraft that became the pride of domestic civil aviation - the intercontinental passenger aircraft TU and the world's first supersonic passenger aircraft TU Andrei Tupolev lived a long life, was an honorary citizen of New York, Paris and Moscow Region Zhukovsky, three times by the Hero of Socialist Labor.

He died on December 23 and was buried at the Novodevichy cemetery in Moscow. Andrei Tupolev, in the era of dominance of wooden structures, became the father-founder of Russian metal aircraft, inspiring specialists in many countries and forming the world trend. Thanks to the aircraft designer, more types of aircraft were designed - from fighters and scouts to sea and postal aircraft. It was thanks to the efforts of Tupolev in the Soviet Union that large -scale production of civilian aircraft was launched.

The name of Tupolev named streets in dozens of cities of the world not only in Russia, but, for example, in Amsterdam. His name is the Kazan State Technical University. About the great aircraft designers A. Tupolev and I. Impressions of the native village of Pustomazovo in the Kimra district of the Tver region have already been left by people, but the memory of his great native is stored by the memorial to A.

Tupolev in his place. A bust of the aircraft designer has been installed in the district center of Kimra. The activities of the great aviator can be found at the Museum of the Experienced Design Bureau A. Visit by preliminary entry on weekdays.