[
US
/sɪˈkɔɹski/
]
NOUN
- United States industrialist (born in Russia) who designed the first four-engine airplane and the first mass-produced helicopter (1889-1972)
How To Use Sikorsky In A Sentence
- Three of the helicopters had seen service as air-sea rescue choppers, the Alouette, the Dauphin and the current Sikorsky S61.
- The remaining helicopter, the Sikorsky helibus, raced overhead. Ice Hunt
- The airframe is the first to be built under an agreement between Sikorsky and Changhe Aircraft. Undefined
- Earlier on the day of the crash, the Sikorsky attempted to land in another spot, but dust churned up by its rotors caused a "brownout" - a condition in which visibility is limited by dust or sand - and forced the helicopter to circle around before attempting another landing. Undefined
- Like the Sea Kings, the Sikorsky Cyclones chosen on July 23 to replace Canada's geriatric fleet of Sea Kings rely on two engines.
- Using a home-built calculator he dubbed the Aeronalyzer, Mr. Kaman came up with innovations in wing design and a dual-rotor configuration, neither of which interested Sikorsky. Helicopter Designer and Guitar Hero
- The first Pan American plane to be called a “Clipper, †the S-40 grew out of Juan Trippe and Charles Lindbergh†™ s desire for a strong, sturdy, high-capacity four-engined transport to serve as an ocean liner of the air.www. clipperflyingboats.com/pan-am/sikorsky-s-40 Sikorsky S-40 | My[confined]Space
- Read more about the man...Seems there's a US$20,000 prize for a successful, stable flight of a human-powered helicopter, named for the "chopper" pioneer, Igor Sikorsky.
- Alexander Graham Bell, inventor and aviation pioneer, helps a boy balance on the pontoon of a Sikorsky S-38 amphibious aircraft in the 1930s.
- Two helicopters, both painted as white as the blizzard, a Sikorsky Seahawk and a Sikorsky H-92 helibus. Ice Hunt