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 ...es
to airports. At right a Bell 47 J con-
nects with an American Airlines Conrair
This picture of a ramp-equipped Boeing
Vertol 107 gives a hint of future heli-
copter medium freighting possibilities
Igor Sikorsky and two of his colleagues
rode draughtily on a rudimentary plat-
form slung beneath the S-60 Skycrane.
The outcome of their experiments was
the 20-passenger "people pod" (below)
this bre...
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 ...ers.
Nor is there any reason why the commercial helicopter shouldlose any of its traditional versatility as it increases in size. This
is demonstrated by a delightful story.
It seems that last summer Igor Sikorsky watched patientlywhile the prototype S-60 Skycrane was fitted with a simple plat-
form (see picture) and made to carry everything from oil drumsto a concrete mixer and fire-fighting equi...
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 ...M
Giusta, formerly managing director,
he had appointed M Andre Gintrand
as assistant managing director, finan
cial affairs, and M Pierre Marion
assistant managing director, industrial
affairs.
Igor Sikorsky
We record with regret the death at
the age of 83 of Igor Sikorsky, the
helicopter pioneer and founder in
1923 of the company which bears his
name.
Sikorsky was born on May 25, 1889...
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 ...ation—perhaps the greatest living
pioneer—thinks it will be done.
The other day in the new Jane's book
I found a photograph of the Sikorsky
Grand. Standing in the tramcar-like con
trol cabin was Igor Sikorsky himself
with your actual Czar.
The same Igor Sikorsky, now aged 82,
is still designing grand Sikorskys. The
other day I mused on this to a man who
has known him for 45 years,. and w...
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 ...eat Britainunder the U.S. Government's mutual
defence assistance programme for thefiscal year which ended on June 30th, 1950.
More machines of the same type areexpected to be allocated for the R.A.F.
Igor Sikorsky's Lecture
DETAILS are now available of the lectureto be given before the Helicopter Associa-
tion by Mr. Igor Sikorsky, who is atpresent visiting this country. The date is
Tuesday next, ...
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 ...ng as trainers well
into the 1930s. The lesser-known Sopwith three-seater (31)
carried a load of 450 lb at 70 m.p.h. on 80 h.p.
A far bigger weight-lifter—and the first four-engined aircraft—
was Igor Sikorsky's Russian Knight, alias the "Grand." It
weighed about 9,000 lb and had a span of 92ft. Mr. Sikorsky
recalls that die front part "was occupied by a large balcony"
and that next came th...
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 ...JUKE 20, 1935. FLIGHT. 665
AMERICA'S LATEST AMPHIBIAN
The Sikorsky S.43 : Exceptional Load Capacity and High Cruising Speed
This is the first photograph taken of the new Sikorsky S.43, which, altho...
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 ...eptember 1957 411
(6) In this Vought-Sikorsky
VS-300 (75 h.p. Lycoming),
Igor Sikorsky established a
helicopter endurance record
of 1 hr 33 min on May 6,1941.
(7) The Stinson Detroiter (200
h.p. Wright Whirlwind) in
which William 5. Brock and
Edward F. Schlee attempted
a r...
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 ...he first production heli
copter flew on September
14,1939, piloted by its in
ventor, Igor Sikorsky. Since
that time, Sikorsky people
have designed and built
commercial and military
helicopters for 42 countries
worldwide and for every
branch of the United States
Armed Forces. Th...
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 ...he first production heli
copter flew on September
14, 1939, piloted by its in
ventor, Igor Sikorsky. Since
that time, Sikorsky people
have designed and built
commercial and military
helicopters for 42 countries
worldwide and for every
branch of the United States
Armed Forces. Th...
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 ...he First.
Igor Sikorsky flew the world's
first practical single main rotor
helicopter on September 14, 1939.
Today, Sikorsky, the company,
is the largest helicopter manufac
turer on earth.
VS.300
The Fin...
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 ...biggest and best
helicopters were, and are, American. Whilst
in no way wishing to denigrate the valuable
rotating-wing work done in the United States,
we think it only fair to point out that,
whereas Igor Sikorsky, who can be regarded
as the father of American helicopter develop-
ment, did not make his first controllable free flight until
May, 1940, a British helicopter—the Weir W. 5, designed
by ...
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 ...LIGHT International,
10 October 1963
607
A LEADING FAMILY
OF ROTARY-WING
AIRCRAFT
By the Technical Editor
When Igor Sikorsky made his first intuitive attempts to fly the VS-300 in September 1939 he had no audience
other than a few company engineers and mechanics; but one of the onlookers took this photograph ...
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 ... Sikorsky S-61Ns
ordered by the corporation for service next
ear. Mr Robert Baer, president of United
Aircraft, signed on behalf of the Sikorsky
Aircraft Division. Present at the ceremony
was Dr Igor Sikorsky, engineering con
sultant to the manufacturer, who flew to
London from Conaecticut specially for
the occasion; Mr R. Muir, v.p. United
Aircraft; Capt J. W. G. James, BEA
Right operat...
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 ... Overseas: Twelve months
£4 10s. U.S.A. and Canada, J14.00.
IN THIS ISSUE :
A Coming-of-Age—with
Gannets ... 574
Actual ites Francoises - 577
Jet Provost 582
The First Round - - - 588
Off the Ice 590
Igor Sikorsky in Great
Britain 591
Fabrications to Float and
Fly 593
"Hot" Parts by the
Hundred 598
Revolutionary Aircraft
DURING the past two weeks a pioneer in aviation and the most successful of al...
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 ...AY 14, 1925
THE SIKORSKY S.29A COMMERCIAL BIPLANE
FOR some time past M. Igor Sikorsky, the Russian aircraft
designer and pioneer of the giant multi-engined aeroplanethe huge Sikorsky biplanes of 1914 were, perhaps, the first
successful aeroplanes employing more than two e...
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 ... gallons,
which is a lot for a helicopter but not quite so impressive
when linked with an engine of 450 h.p.
"Milestones" in the evolution of the Sikorsky helicop
ters may be of interest. In 1941 Igor Sikorsky himself set
up a record by remaining in the air for 1 hr. 32 min. 30 sec.
Two New Models to
be Manufactured
by Sikorsky and
Nash*Kelvinator
Respectively
The Sikorsky XR-5 is very ...
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 ...STRAIGHT AND LEVEL
IA 200mph airliner couldbedeveloped by the end of the I century if airlines and governments work together.
That was the message today from Pan-Am | chairman C, Edward Acker.
Even...
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 ...
Future of the Helicopter
(CLAIMING that the direct-lift aircraft •/ lends itself to mass-production and
could be turned out in hundreds of thou
sands for the price of a medium-powered
motor car, Igor Sikorsky, designer of the
Vought-Sikorsky VS-300 helicopter, con
tributes an intriguing article to the
Atlantic Monthly, in which he visualises
this type of machine in general use in
1955-
H...
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 ...PRIL 6, 1939 FLIGHT. 343
FLYING BOAT
and AIR REFUELLING
Some Observations Prompted by the Opinions of Igor Sikorsky
Power plant weight lb/h.p., 2.68 ( = 12,000 B.H.P. max.)
Furnishings per passenger 250 lb.
Passenger capacity 100
Range 4,350-5,000 miles
Cruising speed on 50% max.
B.H.P 187 m.p.h...
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