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 • Sep. 20, 2023

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

From Washington Times • Jun. 5, 2023

Arms experts said the particular aircraft was probably the Tupolev TU-141 Strizh, a surveillance drone first developed by the Soviet Union in the 1970s and repurposed by the Ukrainians, possibly carrying an explosive.

From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2022

A smaller number of orders would be made for the Tupolev Tu-214, which seats around 200 people, it said.

From Reuters • Jun. 8, 2022

He and two other pilots traveled from Moscow to Vancouver, Washington, in the United States, flying in a special long-distance plane designed by Andrey Tupolev.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein