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  2. Igor Sikorsky - Wikipedia

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    Igor Sikorsky was born in Kiev, Russian Empire (now Kyiv, Ukraine), on May 25, 1889. [6] [10] [11] He was the youngest of five children.His father, Ivan Alexeevich Sikorsky, was a professor of psychology in Saint Vladimir University (now Taras Shevchenko National University), a psychiatrist with an international reputation, and an ardent Russian nationalist.

  3. File:Igor Sikorsky in a U.S. Coast Guard HNS-1, 14 August ...

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  5. List of Russian Americans - Wikipedia

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    Igor Sikorsky (1889–1972), aviation pioneer in both helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft, founder of the Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, a leading US helicopter manufacturer; Serge Sorokko (born 1954), art dealer, publisher and patron; Michael Stroukoff (1883–1973), President of the Chase Aircraft Company, founder of the Stroukoff Aircraft ...

  6. List of aviation pioneers - Wikipedia

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    On the eve of the 50th anniversary of the Wright Brothers’ historic flight (1953) and thirty-eight years after Watson's death, his brother James claimed that Preston had achieved powered flight before the Wrights. [191] He recanted in 1955 stating he had never claimed it was powered flight. [93] Francis Herbert Wenham: 1824 1908 United ...

  7. Moral Injury: The Grunts - The ... - The Huffington Post

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    A medical evacuation helicopter is seen in the background in this photo taken during Stephen Canty’s time in Afghanistan. (Courtesy of Stephen Canty) Late that afternoon Darren Doss, a slim, black-haired 22-year-old, watched as his fellow Marines zipped up the two body bags, placed them tenderly on stretchers and ran out to the waiting ...

  8. Human-powered helicopter - Wikipedia

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    The American Helicopter Society (AHS) International's Igor I. Sikorsky Human Powered Helicopter Competition was a competition to achieve the first human-powered helicopter flight to reach an altitude of 3 m (10 ft) during a flight lasting at least 60 seconds, while remaining within a 10 m (32.8 ft) x 10 m (32.8 ft) square, and complying with other competition requirements. [1]

  9. National Helicopter Museum - Wikipedia

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    Igor Sikorsky's first helicopter success in Stratford on September 14, 1939 is documented as well as his subsequent productions. [2] Also displayed are the small gas turbine engines developed locally by Dr. Anselm Franz at Avco Lycoming which power such helicopters as the Bell Helicopter UH-1 Iroquois or Huey and the Boeing CH-47 Chinook.