Igor Ivanovich was not only a brilliant aircraft designer, but also an outstanding philosopher. Here are some of his aphorisms and advice: "The truth in politics is selective, the truth in engineering is mandatory"; "The activity of the individual remains the spark that moves humanity forward"; "The world controlled by..

He was a wonderful father and a very versatile personality: a philosopher, an engineer, a pilot. He was interested in many things: literature, classical music, history, astronomy... And his life itself was very eventful. By creating machines that could fly, my father managed to realize what seemed impossible at the time. Read more

It was only in the late 1930s that Sikorsky returned to his youthful dream of creating helicopters, and in 1939 he designed his first successful helicopter, the Vought-Sikorsky 300, which began mass production for the U.S. Army in 1943.

In the summer of 1908, Ihor traveled with his father to Germany, where he became interested in the demonstration flights of the American aviator W. Wright and decided to build a helicopter, a safer aircraft than an airplane. The design was based on a coaxial scheme, with two propellers rotating in opposite directions. Read more