Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky
1889-1972
Russian-American Aircraft Designer
Today remembered as the father of the helicopter, Igor Sikorsky had three distinct aviation careers. During the birth of aviation, ...
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The Russian-American aeronautical engineer, aircraft manufacturer, and inventor Igor Sikorsky (1889-1972) designed such famous aircraft as the flying clipper and was the major developer of the helicop...
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As a child in Kiev, Russia, Igor Sikorsky studied and dreamed about flying. First studying the designs of Leonardo da Vinci and later the work of Louis Blériot and Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin,...
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