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The Magnificent Flying Machines Of Igor SikorskyThe Kyiv-born aviator, born 130 years ago, who fled the Bolshevik Revolution and created the helicopters that have served U.S. presidents from Eisenhower to Trump (originally published May 21, 2018)...By 1910 he had cobbled together two “helicopters.†He later recalled, “The first of these ships refused to leave the ground, while the second (pictured) could lift itself but refused to lift me.†Sikorsky realized that neither engine technology nor his funding was ready for his lofty ambitions....In 1939, with his fedora hat wedged firmly in place, Igor Sikorsky successfully lifted off in his VS-300, looking, as one observer put it, “like a baffled professor trying to remember his notes.†It was the world’s first “practical helicopter.â€Read more at: https://www.rferl.org/a/the-man-who-made-bombers-for-the-tsar-and-helicopters-for-the-us-president/29240360.html
