Andrei Tupolev

Who was 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. In recognition of his work, he was made an honorary member of Britain's Royal Aeronautical Society and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

He was honoured in his own country by being made an academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Colonel-General, and three times a Hero of Socialist Labor.