Andrei Nicholayvich Tupolev

A.N. Tupolev (1925 - 2001) was a famous aircraft designer. He started his carreer by working for his father. His most famous passenger designs are the Tu-134?, Tu-154? and the Tu-144 ("Konkordski"). Of the military aircraft he designed, The [Tu-26 Backfire]? (an intercontinental bomber) is probably the most famous.