2013年7月24日 · While the Sikorsky name is forever linked to helicopters, Igor Sikorsky (1889-1972) was a versatile aviation designer and developer whose 50-year career included pioneering work on fixed wing aircraft and flying boats, all before returning to his first love, helicopters, and creating the first practical one.
In 1938, Igor Sikorsky’s proposal to de-velop a helicopter to test his theories was accepted by United Aircraft, parent corpo-ration of Sikorsky Aircraft since 1929. The VS-300 was designed in the spring of 1939 and built that summer. On September 14, 1939, Igor Sikorsky pi-loted the first test flight of the VS-300
The initial flight of the VS-300 was piloted by its designer, Igor I. Sikorsky (1889-1972), on September 14, 1939, in Stratford, Connecticut. An intermediate version of the VS-300 with Igor Sikorsky at the controls.
Sikorsky received approval from the United Aircraft management to proceed with the construction of a direct lift aircraft. The VS-300 was designed in the spring of 1939, built in the summer, and flown in the fall of that year. (The ' 'VS" designation was used for several years when the Chance Vought and Sikorsky divisions of
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To Igor Sikorsky and Michael E. Gluhareff and Citation to the Engineering Department of the Sikorsky Aircraft Division, United Aircraft Corporation, for the invention and development of the high-lift helicopter leading to the Skycrane. 1965
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