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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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However, in 1998, the Public Record Office officially informed the Polish government that they had no knowledge of any classified British documents older than 30 years concerning Sikorski's death. [25] According to information from Foreign Office in 2005, all documents concerning Sikorski's death are available in The National Archives. [25]
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]
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 ...
Saaudun Brahim, a 21-year-old originally from Casablanca, Morocco, was sentenced to death in a Russia proxy court. Friend of Moroccan condemned to death with Britons says sentence is ‘inhuman ...
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A pro-Kremlin Russian military blogger, Andrey Morozov, has reportedly died just days after he reported that Russia had suffered massive losses during its assault on the Ukrainian town of Avdiivka.