Mechanical Engineering-CIME, August 1st, 1990
IGOR SIKORSKY Aviation Pioneer and Engineering Entrepreneur
Rotary-winged aircraft were always a vision in the fertile mind of Igor Sikorsky. For decades, he tried to build a helicopter, but success eluded him until the late 1930s. In the meantime, he built a very successful aviation business around large fixed-wing aircraft.
Sikorsky was born in Russia where he began his aviation career in 1909 at the age of 20 by attempting to build a helicopter. When his helicopter did not fly he turned to building regular aircraft. He is credited with producing the world's first successful four-engine ...
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