This interesting book is a memory of the outstanding aircraft designer Andrei Nikolaevich Tupolev. About a person who helped N. E. Zhukovsky to explore the problems of aero- and hydrodynamics, who has gone through so many tests, but not broke and created more than 100 types of military and civilian aircraft, including the ANT-25, Tu-104 (first reactive aircraft), Tu-114, Tu-144 (supersonic passenger). 78 world records, 28 unique flights with the crews of V. Chkalov and M. Gromov, including through the North Pole in the United States, were installed on his aircraft.
A. N. Tupolev shook Europe with Soviet aircraft and their achievements.
The publishing house opens the publication of a series of books on outstanding domestic aircraft designers.
The book is designed for a wide range of readers.
Author
Kerber Leonid Lvovich
Editor
Mikheeva R.N.
Publisher
Polytechnic, 1999
Series
The famous designers of Russia. XX century
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