The University is famous for its creation of the first in Europe high-speed airplane with a retractable landing gear and the creation of the design of the turbojet engine developed by teacher of the KhAI A. M. Liulka who afterwards became the academician and designer of many structures of aircraft engines including the engine of the aircraft Su-27.
Chuo Kikuu ni maarufu kwa ajili ya viumbe wake wa kwanza katika Ulaya yenye kasi ya ndege na kutua gear retractable na viumbe wa mpango wa injini turbojet zilizotengenezwa na mwalimu wa Khai A. M. Liulka ambaye baadaye akawa academician na designer wa miundo mingi ya injini za ndege ikiwa ni pamoja na injini ya ndege Su-27.