Tupolev

American  

[too-poh-luhf, too-puh-lyif] / tuˈpoʊ ləf, ˈtu pə lyɪf /

noun

1. Andrei Nikolayevich 1888–1972, Russian engineer and aircraft designer.

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Tupolev British  

/ tuˈpəljif /

noun

1. Andrei Nikolaievich (unˈdrjeɪ njɪkəˈlɑjɪvjɪtʃ). 1888–1972, Soviet aircraft designer, who designed the first supersonic passenger aircraft, the TU-144 (tested 1969). He also designed supersonic bombers and the TU-104, one of the first passenger jet aircraft (1955)

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Example Sentences

He referred to Tupolev 155, a commercial scale aircraft which was flown by the former Soviet Union with liquid hydrogen in the 1980s on a relevant airframe.

From Science Daily

According to Flightradar24, flight JS151 was flown on a Tupolev Tu-204 aircraft, which can carry up to 210 passengers.

From BBC

Images posted on social media and analysed by BBC Verify show a Tupolev Tu-22 on fire at Soltsy-2 airbase, south of St Petersburg.

From BBC

Russia's defence ministry said an air group of Tupolev Tu-95 and Chinese Xian H-6K strategic bombers carried out an 8-hour patrol, accompanied by a group of Sukhoi Su-30M, Su-35S and Shenyang J-11 fighters.

From Reuters

For example, the Soviet Union became the first country in 1968 to fly a supersonic passenger plane, the Tupolev TU-144.

From Washington Times