A n tupolev
[too-poh-luh f; russian too-puh-lyif] /tuˈpoʊ ləf; russian ˈtu pə lyɪf/
noun
andrei nikolayevich
[uhn-dryey nyi-kuh-lah-yi-vyich] /ʌnˈdryeɪ nyɪ kʌˈlɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (show ipa), 1888–1972, russian engineer and aircraft designer.
tupolev
/russian tuˈpəljif/
noun
andrei nikolaievich (unˈdrjeɪ njɪkəˈlɑjɪvjɪtʃ). 1888–1972, soviet aircraft designer, who designed the first supersonic p-ssenger aircraft, the tu-144 (tested 1969). he also designed supersonic bombers and the tu-104, one of the first p-ssenger jet aircraft (1955)
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