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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.
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Two groups from RBVZ took part in the competition. V.V. Kireev led the first group, located in Riga. A second group, located in Petrograd, reported to Igor Sikorsky. [1]: 54-57 The engine designed by Sikorsky's team in Petrograd closely followed the design of the Argus 140 hp and was designated as the MRB-6.
(Based largely on self-report and a 1936 interview) Tethered glider flight (1893); [102] free glider flight (1894); [102] (claimed in 1927) controlled steam-powered aircraft flight (15 May 1902); [102] all records, papers, and aircraft were destroyed in a fire; [103] opened first commercial airfield (15 Mar 1907). [104] Tryggve Gran: 20 Jan ...
The Sikorsky S-2 was the second fixed-wing aircraft designed by Igor Sikorsky using the main wing section from the S-1 and a 19 kW (25 hp) Anzani 3 three-cylinder engine in a tractor configuration. During the first flight attempt on June 3, 1910, the biplane reached a height of two to four feet and traveled approximately 200 m (200 yd).
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]
The PV-2 (NX-37061) was a more conventional design and became the third helicopter flown in the United States (following Igor Sikorsky's VS-300 and Sikorsky R-4). It was designed and flown by Frank Piasecki on April 11, 1943. Piasecki had limited pilot experience; the PV-2 was tethered to the ground as a safety measure, but the clothesline he ...