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Tupolev, officially United Aircraft Company Tupolev - Public Joint Stock Company, is a Russian aerospace and defense company headquartered in Basmanny District, Moscow.
Tupolev Headquarters at the shore of the Yauza river in Moscow
Tupolev ANT-20 Maxim Gorky, the largest airplane of the 1930s, was used for Stalinist propaganda.
Multiple generations of Cold War era Tupolev bombers at Central Air Force Museum, from Tu-4 to Tu-22M
Tu-144 supersonic airliner
Tupolev Tu-144
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The Tupolev Tu-144 is a Soviet supersonic passenger airliner designed by Tupolev that operated commercially from 1975 to 1983, including 1977–1978 passenger service.
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…Tupolev's son, A. A. Tupolev, became active with management of the agency. His role included the development of the world's first supersonic airliner, the Tu-144, the popular Tu-154 airliner and the Tupolev Tu-22M strategic bomber. All these developments enabled the Soviet Union to achieve strategic military and…
An Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-144 taking off
Tu-144 prototype in flight on 1 February 1969
Tu-144 prototype in June 1971, Berlin Schönefeld Airport
MiG-21I Analog, used as a testbed for the Tu-144's wing