Sikorsky designer biography

Burial city: Nichols, pcs. He graduated from the Marine Cadet Corps in St. Petersburg. In built the first helikopter, B-the first model of the Biplan S-1, at the end-the S-6 plane, on which he set the world flight speed record with two passengers. With the chief designer of the Aviation Department of the Russian-Baltic Carriagery Plant. The main directions of the development of aircraft construction was considered an increase in speed and carrying capacity.

He developed the concept of a multi-engine heavy giant aircraft with a closed comfortable cabin for crew members and passengers Ilya Muromets. Personally taught crews, developed the tactics of using bombers. He created the first Russian attack aircraft from a whole of –17 created 25 types of aircraft and two helicopters. In March, he emigrated from Murmansk to France.

Since March, he lived in the USA. In the United States, he founded a company for the production of passenger, military aircraft and helicopters "Sikorski Air Engineering", where many Russian emigrant engineers worked. The founder of the world helicopter construction. In the USA he created 17 types of aircraft and 18 helicopters. Honorary Doctor of many universities. Long -year -old chairman of the Board of Directors of the Tolstoy Fund.

Member of the Special Committee on the publication of the Golden Book of Russian Emigration. Honorary Doctor of many universities and societies. He died in Iton, pcs. He was buried in the Saint-Jones cemetery in Nichols, pcs.

In honor of I. Sikorsky, the Sikorsky asteroid, opened by the employees of the Institute of Theoretical Astronomy L. Karachkina and G. Castel in the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory on October 13, is his name by the National Technical University of Ukraine “Kiev Polytechnic Institute”, as well as the Kiev Airport Zhulyany, Ukraine. Author of the certificate: Sorokina M.

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