Igor Sikorsky (1889-1972),Russian-US aeronautical engineer. Sikorsky was born in Kiev,Russia,and educated at St Petersburg and Kiev. He emigrated to the USA in 1919 after building and flying the first four-engined aeroplane. In 1923 he founded the Sikorsky Aero Engineering Company and went on to construct a number of flying boats and,in 1939,the first successful helicopter,the VS300. The commercial version went into production in 1943 and was used exclusively by the US army during World War II | |
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