R.I.P.
Quote: "The helicopter approaches closer than any other [vehicle] to fulfillment of mankind's ancient dreams of the flying horse and the magic carpet."
I spotted this a little late in the day today- Weds 25 May - but thought some might want to pay their respects to the barking mad Russian innovator.
"Aeronautical engineer Igor Sikorsky was born on this date in 1889. Sikorsky, who was born in Kiev and immigrated to the US, built and was test pilot for the first multi-motored airplane (1913) and the first successful modern helicopter (1940). The helicoptor was equipped with a single three-blade rotor powered by a 75 horsepower (56kW) engine."
http://tinyurl.com/77sa4
