The TU-134, 650 of which were built, first went into
service in 1967.
Born in Russia in 1888, Andrei Nikolaevich Tupolev,
often referred to as the father of Russian aviation,
went on to design aircraft that earned Russia
worldwide acclaim for their pioneering contributions
to aviation in the 1920s, '30s, and '40s.
Tupolev started his career as an aircraft designer
as a student of the Russian aviation pioneer
Zhukovski. In 1918, he was put in charge of TsAGI
(Central Aero- and Hydrodynamics Institude). In
1922, Tupolev was given his own aircraft firm.
Throughout its existence, Tupolev designed and
built an enormous number of various aircraft.
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