Tupolev

[ too-poh-luhf; Russian too-puh-lyif ]

noun

1. An·drei Ni·ko·la·ye·vich [uhn-, dryey, nyi-kuh-, lah, -yi-vyich], 1888–1972, Russian engineer and aircraft designer.

Tupolev

/ tuˈpəljif /

noun

1. TupolevAndrei Nikolaievich18881972MRussianTECHNOLOGY: aircraft designer 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)

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

A suspected drone attack also left one of Russia's flagship Tupolev Tu-22 bombers ablaze at an airbase south of St Petersburg this week.

From BBC

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

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