Igor sikorsky helicopter picture

Life and career of Igor Sikorsky, a renowned Ukrainian-American scientist , engineer, and industrialist.

Browse igor sikorsky photos and images available, or search for helicopter to find more great photos and pictures.

Igor I. Sikorsky, is one of the most talented and versatile aeronautical pioneers in history. Sikorsky's aviation career spanned over 60 years and was highlighted by three major achievements: the creation of the world's first four-engine airliner; the record-breaking Clipper Ships, with which Pan American Airways explored transpacific and transatlantic airline service; and the development of the helicopter, which many historians consider to be his crowning achievement.

Igor Sikorsky first became interested in rotary-wing aircraft when he produced two unsuccessful experimental helicopters in In , Sikorsky successfully constructed several aircrafts, including four-engine heavy bomber Ilya Muromets, before the Bolshevik usurpation of power in Russia. After immigrating to the U. Sikorsky designed cargo helicopters gave the U.

Army one of its earliest capabilities to exploit air mobility with utility and cargo helicopters. His H and H models saw extensive use by the Army in a variety of missions and the development and use of the CH medium cargo and CH heave lift helicopters are further tribute to his engineering genius.

Igor Sikorsky with H-2 (second helicopter prototype) in the backyard of the Sikorsky Family house at 15Б Yaroslaviv Val Street, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Sikorsky helicopters are utilized in all imaginable ways in many civilian and military domains, they serve as attack aircraft that support ground troops, and transports for soldiers, wildland firefighters, and disaster-relief workers. In alone, Sikorsky helicopters saved 1, lives. Embassy in Ukraine is located. H-1 never took off resulting from the lack of engines of suitable power Front [ Kyiv, Ukraine.

H-1 - Sikorsky's first helicopter, designed in Kyiv, Ukraine. H-1 never took off resulting from the lack of engines of suitable power Front - Kyiv, Ukraine H-1 - Sikorsky's first helicopter, designed in Kyiv, Ukraine.