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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.
Igor Sikorsky; Elinor Smith; ... George W. Bush, eldest son of George H. W. Bush and 43rd President of the United States; ... Steve Jones, Red Bull Air Race ...
George Cayley: 27 Dec 1773 15 Dec 1857 England: Science Design Construction ... Igor Sikorsky: 25 May 1889 26 Oct 1972 Russian Empire (Russia) (United States) Science
On March 5, 1923, the Sikorsky Aero Engineering Corporation was founded near Roosevelt Field, New York, by Igor Sikorsky, an immigrant to the United States who was born in Kyiv, Ukraine (then part of the Russian Empire). [5] [6] In 1925, the company name was changed to Sikorsky Manufacturing Company. [7]
The Sikorsky S-29-A was a twin-engine sesquiplane airliner, first flown in 1924. It was the first aircraft that aviation pioneer Igor Sikorsky designed and built after coming to the United States, hence the special "-A" suffix signifying "America". The aircraft made many successful long-range flights, most of which Sikorsky piloted himself.
1964 Igor Sikorsky and Michael E. Gluhareff, Sikorsky Aircraft Division, United Aircraft Corporation, for developing the high-lift helicopter leading to the Skycrane 1965 Maynard Pennell , Richard L. Rouzie , John E. Steiner , William H. Cook and Richard L. Loesch, Jr. , Commercial Airplane Division, Boeing , for the design and manufacture of ...
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Russky Vityaz. The Ilya Muromets (Sikorsky S-22) was designed and constructed by Igor Sikorsky at the Russo-Baltic Carriage Factory (RBVZ) in Saint Petersburg in 1913. [7] It was based on his earlier S-21 Russky Vityaz, which started out as the twin-engined Le Grand, then as the twin tandem-engined Bolshoi Baltisky before placing all four of the Baltisky's engines in a tractor configuration ...