Sikorsky, Igor Ivanovich
Published: August 18, 2006, 5:06 pm
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Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky (1889–1972), a Russian-American aeronautical engineer who built and flew the first multi-motored plane in 1913. In 1941, he established the world’s endurance record for a sustained flight in a helicopter of his own design. Upon emigrating from Bolshevik Russia after the Revolution, Sikorsky founded several aviation companies in the United States that solidified the aviation industry with the introduction of amphibian and long-distance airplane models. The Sikorsky Aeronautical Division built a number of successful helicopter designs for the Korean and Vietnam Wars, as well for as peaceful uses such as rescue missions, transporting airmail and passengers, dusting crops, fighting forest fires, and hauling cargo.
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Cutler J. Cleveland (Lead Author);Peter Saundry (Topic Editor) "Sikorsky, Igor Ivanovich". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth August 18, 2006; Last revised Date August 18, 2006; Retrieved May 19, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Sikorsky,_Igor_Ivanovich>
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Cutler J. Cleveland is Professor of Earth and Environment at Boston University, where he also is on the faculty of the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies. Professor Cleveland is Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Energy (Elsevier, 2004), winner of an American Library Association award, the Dictionary of Energy (Elsevier, 2005), Handbook of Energy (Elsevier, forthcoming), and is the Founding Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Earth. He is the recipient of the Adelma ... (Full Bio)
Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky (1889–1972), a Russian-American aeronautical engineer who built and flew the first multi-motored plane in 1913. In 1941, he established the world’s endurance record for a sustained flight in a helicopter of his own design. Upon emigrating from Bolshevik Russia after the Revolution, Sikorsky founded several aviation companies in the United States that solidified the aviation industry with the introduction of amphibian and long-distance airplane models. The Sikorsky Aeronautical Division built a number of successful helicopter designs for the Korean and Vietnam Wars, as well for as peaceful uses such as rescue missions, transporting airmail and passengers, dusting crops, fighting forest fires, and hauling cargo.
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