For about 76 years, helicopters have served the world as an important alternative to fixed-wing aircraft. Helicopters can go places and do things that airplanes cannot, like save mariners stuck at sea ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Robert A. Kilmarx wrote several times to Sikorsky Aircraft seeking information on pre-revolutionary Russian aviation for his book A History of ...

"This book celebrates 100 years of aviation innovation, from the start of Sikorsky Aero Engineering Corporation in 1923 tp Skorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company, today. it is the work of the Igor I.

Sergei Sikorsky, son of Sikorsky company founder and inventor of the first practical helicopter Igor Sikorsky, died Sept. 18 at the age of 100. Sergei Sikorsky served in the U.S. Coast Guard during ...

The Trumbull Historical Society erected a permanent monument, in a joint endeavor with the Town of Trumbull, and with the support of the Sikorsky Foundation, in memory of the long-time Trumbull ...

Helicopter pioneer Igor Sikorsky once said, “The helicopter approaches closer than any other (vehicle) to fulfillment of mankind’s ancient dream of the flying horse and the magic carpet.” Indeed—the ...

Sergei Sikorsky, a longtime executive with Sikorsky Aircraft and the son of company founder Igor Sikorsky, flew west last Thursday at the age of 100.

Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company (NYSE: LMT) has successfully validated the advanced control laws to successfully fly a ‘rotor blown wing’ uncrewed aerial system (UAS) in both helicopter and ...