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Aircraft designer Tupolev dies at 84 in Moscow
Andrei Tupolev, famed Soviet aircraft designer, died after a grave illness at age 84, Tass reports. He led the all metal aircraft program and designed more than 100 models including the TU2 dive bomber and the TU144 hypersonic transport. Born 1888, he helped found the Central Institute of Aerodynamics and directed an experimental plant. He endured a 1938 prison sentence ordered by Stalin for sabotage before his rehabilitation.
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