Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky
Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky (И́горь Ива́нович Сико́рский) was an aircraft designer in Russia, then in the U.S.
By 1913 Sikorsky had developed the Ilya Muromets, a large airplane with an ample passenger cabin and capability for significant bombing. On 11 February 1914 Sikorsky flew an Ilya Muromets with 16 passengers and a dog.[1]
Hallion, 2003, pp. 329–331, describes an extremely dramatic long-distance flight from St. Petersburg to Kiev beginning on 30 June 1913, involving several close brushes with death and a spectacular ascent above the clouds, and culminating in a landing in Kiev, with a greeting by a member of the Kiev Aeronautical Society who informed the crew of the assassination of Franz Ferdinand.
Sikorsky's earliest patents (on espacenet) are dated 1925–6. Many more were filed by Sikorsky and by Sikorsky Aviation Corporation in the 1930s.
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- ↑ Hallion, 2003, p. 329.
Igor Sikorsky was an aero inventor.
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| Names | Igor Sikorsky; И́горь Ива́нович Сико́рский |
|---|---|
| Birth date | 1889 |
| Death date | 1972 |
| Countries | RU, US |
| Locations | Kiev, St. Petersburg, Rhode Island, New York, Connecticut |
| Occupations | aircraft designer, founder, professor |
| Tech areas | Helicopter, Airplane |
| Affiliations | Russo-Baltic Wagon Works, Sikorsky Manufacturing Company |
| Wikidata id | Q212446 |
