une 11, 1918 A.N.Tupolev defended his
degree in the MVTU, "Experience of hydroplane
development based on the wind tunnel tests";
October 30, 1918 joined
N.E.Zhukovsky and started to work on creation of the
TsAGI predecessor - Aerodynamic Section of the
NTOVSNKh;
In November 1918 the project of
TsAGI, signed by Zhukovsky and Tupolev, was
submitted to the VSNKh.
1919 - member of the First (airplane) Section of the
NTKVVS. Section was responsible
for the aircraft TTT and giving recommendations on 'sketch' projects.
November 11, 1924 - November 26,
1925: World First twin-engined all-metal cantilever bomber
ANT-4 (TB-1) was designed and built. Despite its
angular shape and corrugated duralumin skin (normal for the historic period), aircraft became a first classic monoplane bomber.
For more than two decades designers all over the world followed this layout.
