Download or read book The Sikorsky Legacy written by Sergei I. Sikorsky and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book traces the history of Sikorsky aviation and its founder, Igor I. Sikorsky, one of the most talented and versatile aeronautical pioneers in history. Sikorsky's aviation career spanned over 60 years and was highlighted by three major achievements: the creation of the world's first four-engine airliner; the record-breaking Clipper Ships, with which Pan American Airways explored transpacific and transatlantic airline service; and the development of the helicopter. Sikorsky then led his engineers out of the piston-engine era and into the jet age with the design and development of some of the most widely used turbine-powered helicopters in aviation history. More than 200 photographs, many from the Sikorsky family archives, document the genius of Sikorsky's intuitive engineering and his lifelong interest in the challenge of the helicopter, which many historians consider to be his crowning achievement.
Download or read book Sikorsky Legacy written by Sergei I. Sikorsky and published by Arcadia Library Editions. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book traces the history of Sikorsky aviation and its founder, Igor I. Sikorsky, one of the most talented and versatile aeronautical pioneers in history. Sikorsky's aviation career spanned over 60 years and was highlighted by three major achievements: the creation of the world's first four-engine airliner; the record-breaking Clipper Ships, with which Pan American Airways explored transpacific and transatlantic airline service; and the development of the helicopter. Sikorsky then led his engineers out of the piston-engine era and into the jet age with the design and development of some of the most widely used turbine-powered helicopters in aviation history. More than 200 photographs, many from the Sikorsky family archives, document the genius of Sikorsky's intuitive engineering and his lifelong interest in the challenge of the helicopter, which many historians consider to be his crowning achievement.
Download or read book The Sikorsky Aircraft Centennial written by John Bulakowski and published by . This book was released on 2024-02-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Igor Sikorsky was a pioneering Russian engineer and aviator driven from his home by revolution. The Sikorsky Aircraft Centennial 1923-2023, a Tribute by the Igor I. Sikorsky Historical Archives, documents his work in the United States and that of the pioneering American company that he founded. It traces the growth of Sikorsky Aircraft from a struggling fixed-wing aviation concern started on a Long Island farm to a world-leading helicopter manufacturer today headquartered in Connecticut. The book draws on archival documents, photos, and interviews to trace Sikorsky's early contributions to commercial aviation and the revolution he brought about in vertical flight. Igor Sikorsky arrived in New York City in 1919 determined to advance aviation technology and later wrote, "The United States seemed to me the only place which offered a real opportunity in what was then a rather precarious profession. I had been inspired by the work of Edison and Ford, the realization that a man in this country, with ideas of value -- and I hoped that mine were -- might have a chance to succeed." He launched Sikorsky Aero Engineering Corporation in 1923 and ultimately designed, built, and delivered fixed-wing land planes, amphibians, and flying boats, including the Pan American Airways Clippers that established the first trans-Atlantic and trans-Pacific passenger routes. With demand for his big flying boats declining, Sikorsky turned his engineering genius to rotary-wing flight and piloted his one-of-a-kind VS-300 helicopter in 1939. Recollections from Igor Sikorsky and his son Sergei describe the trial-and-error testing and improvements that made the VS-300 so important. The senior Sikorsky later told his son, "The jet may have made the world smaller. The helicopter made it bigger by allowing mankind to live and work in areas that would have been inaccessible by any other vehicle." From Sikorsky's first American fixed-wing aircraft, the S-29A, to the latest helicopter design, the S-102 Raider-X, this book tells the story of every model produced by Sikorsky Aircraft. It traces the development of helicopter air mobility in the U.S. Army and Marine Corps, antisubmarine warfare in the U.S. Navy, combat rescue in the U.S. Air Force, and air-sea rescue in the U.S. Coast Guard. The story also covers the introduction of helicopters in scheduled airlines and the oil industry, and it describes the digital design and manufacturing developments that shape how future aircraft will be designed, built and perform. Richly illustrated with more than 400 unique photos, The Sikorsky Aircraft Centennial 1923-2023 also covers the evolution of Sikorsky Aircraft, today a Lockheed Martin Company. It illustrates Igor Sikorsky's innovative patents and historic memorabilia and tells a proud story of immigration, invention, and industry. This volume will be a fascinating read for every aviation enthusiast and for those looking to learn more about Igor Sikorsky's history in America.
Download or read book Helicopter Man written by Edwin Brit Wyckoff and published by Enslow Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Read about Igor Sikorsky's life, and how he built the first successful helicopter"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book The Story of the Winged S written by Igor Sikorsky and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Lindbergh Sikorsky Connection written by Igor I. Sikorsky Sr. and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2021-06-21 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aviation grew from a pioneering and experimental group into an industry in the Golden Era of aviation in the 1930s providing commercial passenger service worldwide. Two aviation pioneers had a role in this development. While Igor Sikorsky is primarily known for his development of the helicopter, he was a leading designer of amphibian aircraft before that. These flying boats established passenger travel by air, first through the Caribbean, then South America, and ultimately the Pacific. Charles Lindbergh found his central role in transforming aviation from a barnstorming stunt into an industry through his epic solo flight across the Atlantic. As a consultant to Pan America, he charted international commercial routes for Juan Trippe's Airline. For the decade of 1930s, these two brilliant minds interacted to create an aircraft industry. This is their story, how they interacted and how they helped shape aviation history.
Download or read book Igor Sikorsky His Three Careers in Aviation written by Frank J. Delear and published by Dodd Mead. This book was released on 1976-01-01 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of the aeronautical engineer whose achievements include the multi-motored airplane and the helicopter.
Download or read book Whirlybirds written by Jay P. Spenser and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Study of the lives and work of four Americans--Igor Sikorsky, Frank Piasecki, Arthur Young, and Stanley Hiller, Jr.--who, working independently but concurrently, developed the helicopter in the 1940s. Discusses the confluence of entrepreneurship, corporate practices, and government influence and fi
Download or read book The Story of the Winged S written by Igor I. Sikorsky and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Story of the Winged S written by Igor Ivan Sikorsky and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The MISSING LINKS to the Igor Sikorsky Story written by Sally H. Dickinson and published by . This book was released on 2018-09-28 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: March 30, 1919, when this Russian immigrant landed in America, no one could have foretold what an impact he would make. His dreams focused on the new field of aviation spearheaded by the Wright brothers about ten years earlier.His vision was to see large airliners full of people, or cargo, or mail traveling great distances in safety and comfort-and beyond that, a vertical flight machine that would lift straight into the air.His ability to follow those dreams in his newly adopted country seemed unattainable until the combined forces of a fellow immigrant and some determined New Englanders caught on to his unheralded abilities in the world of aviation. Unknown stories of what was happening in the Sikorsky business in the mid-to-late 1920s recently came to light when records of that period were discovered in some old file boxes which had been ignored for 50 or more years. This was new information even for the Sikorsky Archives organization in Stratford, Connecticut.Through extensive research, the author has skillfully woven this new information into the well-known stories of Lindbergh's flight, the Frances Grayson debacle, and Igor Sikorsky's many attempts at providing this country with the best fixed wing aircraft possible-and finally the helicopter. Many beautiful photographs previously unpublished are sure to capture the reader's attention.
Download or read book Flying with the Schweizers written by William Schweizer and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2019-06-01 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Schweizer Aircraft is the story of the American dream. Three brothers became enamored with flight during the golden age of aviation. Aviation becomes their passion. In 1930, they design, build, and then teach themselves to fly in their first glider. They pursue their dream and create a company that eventually produces over six thousand aircraft. The company’s products make aviation history. Bill Schweizer tells the story of those early years — up to the transition of the company in 1981 to the second generation of Schweizers. Paul H. Schweizer picks up the story from there. The Schweizers’ entrepreneurial approach to business and refusal to let go of their dream resulted in the company becoming an industry leader in sailplanes, agricultural spray aircraft, light helicopters, covert surveillance aircraft, and unmanned vehicles. The diversity of its aviation products made it unique. At the time the business was sold to Sikorsky Aircraft in 2004, Schweizer Aircraft was the oldest privately-owned aircraft manufacturer in the world. It is a remarkable story that will inspire others with a passion and a dream.
Download or read book A Documentary of Igor I Sikorsky written by Edmund Lincoln Eveleth and published by . This book was released on 2001-06-01 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Documentary of Igor Sikorsky's life as told by himself in an interview with "Skip" Eveleth. Sikorsky, a renowned aviator and aircraft designer who was contemporary with Wilbur and Orville Wright and Louis Bleriot of France, was known as a scholar, astronomer, philosopher, engineer, flyer, orator, aristocrat, and gentleman.--Preface.
Download or read book Igor Sikorsky the Russian Years written by K. N. Finne and published by Smithsonian Books (DC). This book was released on 1987 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dust Off written by Peter Dorland and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2001-07 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Heelicopter written by William E. Hunt and published by Crowood Press (UK). This book was released on 1998 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1939, the Russian Igor Sikorsky successfully piloted the world's pioneer helicopter (a word which he always pronounced with a broad "e", as in "helix"). This account describes how he overcame the many technical problems associated with the development of vertical-lift-off aircraft.
Download or read book Skycrane written by John A. McKenna and published by Library of Flight. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Skycrane was the last creation of aircraft design pioneer Igor Sikorsky. In SKYCRANE: Igor Sikorsky's Last Vision, former Sikorsky Aircraft Executive Vice President John A. McKenna traces the development of this remarkable helicopter from original concept and early sketches to standout performer for the military and private industry. Responsible for building the first S-64 Skycrane in 1961 and for supporting its Army and commercial programs, McKenna has written a comprehensive history chronicling a radically designed helicopter that many thought would not succeed. Indeed, initial versions generated no orders. But General Harry Kinnards vision and advocacy resulted in the Skycranes support of combat operations in Vietnam as part of the groundbreaking concept of supporting Army troops with helicopters rather than trucks. In 1971 Erickson Lumber Company acquired the first Skycrane intended for commercial use to move timber deep in American forests. Owner Jack Erickson later acquired the world manufacturing and support rights to the aircraft creating Erickson Air-Crane Inc. A half century after its first flight the Skycrane continues to save lives, provide essential services, and earn daily profits worldwide. Beautifully illustrated with scores of historical photographs, SKYCRANE features interviews with engineers who designed and tested the helicopter and with Army pilots who flew it during combat in Vietnam. This engagingly written work is the definitive history of a unique and important aircraft.
