Igor Sikorsky, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Igor Sikorsky

Russian and American aerospace designer

Date of Birth: 25-May-1889

Place of Birth: Kiev, Ukraine

Date of Death: 26-Oct-1972

Profession: businessperson, engineer, inventor, aircraft pilot, aerospace engineer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky (Russian: ?´???? ???´????? ????´?????, IPA: ['ig?r? ?'van?vit? s??'korsk??j] (listen), tr.
Ígor' Ivánovic Sikórskij; May 25, 1889 – October 26, 1972) was a Russian-American aviation pioneer in both helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft.
His first success came with the S-2, the second aircraft of his design and construction.
His fifth airplane, the S-5, won him national recognition as well as F.A.I.
license number 64.
His S-6-A received the highest award at the 1912 Moscow Aviation Exhibition, and in the fall of that year the aircraft won for its young designer, builder and pilot first prize in the military competition at Saint Petersburg.After immigrating to the United States in 1919, Sikorsky founded the Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation in 1923, and developed the first of Pan American Airways' ocean-conquering flying boats in the 1930s. In 1939, Sikorsky designed and flew the Vought-Sikorsky VS-300, the first viable American helicopter, which pioneered the rotor configuration used by most helicopters today.
Sikorsky modified the design into the Sikorsky R-4, which became the world's first mass-produced helicopter in 1942.