Alexei Andreevich Tupolev
Alexei Andreevich Tupolev ( Russian Алексей Андреевич Туполев , scientific transliteration Alexej Andreevič Tupolev ; born May 20, 1925 in Moscow ; † May 12, 2001 ) was a Soviet aircraft designer at Tupolev .
Like his father, Andrei Nikolaevich Tupolev , the son also became an aircraft engineer. After graduating from school in 1942 , during the move to Omsk , where his father took over a new experimental design office ( OKB ), he worked at his father's side for the first time.
His first task, which he had to fulfill as a designer, was the development of a wooden fuselage tail for the Tu-2 . Due to the shortage of metals during the Second World War , this development was also incorporated into production.
After returning to Moscow in 1943 and graduating from the Moscow Aviation Institute in 1949, he finally entered the service of the design office. During this time he worked a. a. participated in the development of the long-range bomber Tu-16 .
After becoming head of a design team in the 1960s, he took over the post of chief design engineer after the death of his father in 1973. In February 1992 he was replaced as such for failure to meet deadlines during the testing of the Tu-204 , but continued his work at Tupolev as a consultant from the end of the year.
Among other things, he was the chief designer of the first Soviet supersonic passenger plane, the Tu-144 . He also supported the development of the Soviet space shuttle Buran .
Awards and honors
Tupolev received the following awards:
- Order of the Red Banner of Labor (1966)
- State Prize of the USSR (1967)
- three orders of Lenin (1971, 1972, 1975)
- Hero of Socialist Labor (1972)
- Lenin Prize (1980)
- Since 1979 Corresponding Member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences , since 1984 Academician
Individual evidence
- ↑ Heiko Thiesler: Tu-204 - the reversible pilot. In: Fliegerrevue No. 10/2014, p. 17
- ↑ Biografoe of Alexei Tupolew on the page WarHeroes. Retrieved October 10, 2018 (Russian).
- ↑ Alexei Tupolev on the website of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Retrieved October 10, 2018 (Russian).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tupolev, Alexei Andreevich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Туполев, Алексей Андреевич (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian aircraft designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 20, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Moscow |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 12, 2001 |