Alexei Tupolev
Alexei Tupolev, former head of the Tupolev Design Bureau, who led development of the first Soviet supersonic civil transport, died on May 12 after a long illness. He was 75. Alexei Tupolev began his career in 1949 after graduating from the Moscow Aviation Institute. He joined the design bureau...
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