Igor Sikorsky

Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky , tr. gor Ivnovi Sikrskij May 25, 1889160 October 26, 1972, was a Russian American aviation pioneer in both helicopters and fixedwing aircraft. He designed and flew the worlds first multiengine fixedwing aircraft, the Russky Vityaz in 1913, and the first airliner, Ilya Muromets, in 1914.

Igor Sikorsky was born in Kiev, Russian Empire , the youngest of five children. His father, Ivan Alexeevich Sikorsky, was a professor of psychology, Ivan was the son and grandson of Russian Orthodox priests and held monarchist and Russian nationalist views. Igor Sikorsky was Russian Orthodox Christian. In his letter to Vasyl Halych, Sikorsky wrote in 1933 following My family that originated in a village near Kiev where my grandfather and great grandfather were priests is purely of Ukrainian origin. Following the Russian Revolution, Sikorsky became a White emigre and opposed Soviet rule.

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