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MCAS Cherry Point Air Show '08
PHOTO: Marine Corps pilots demonstrate the capabilities of their Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters during an air show at MCAS Cherry Point in 2008.
(On-This-Day.com) June 27, 1931 - Igor Sikorsky filed U.S. Patent 1,994,488, which marked the breakthrough in helicopter technology.
(Wikipedia) Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky (May 25, 1889 – October 26, 1972) was a Russian American aviation pioneer in both helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft. He designed and flew the world's first multi-engine fixed-wing aircraft, the Russky Vityaz in 1913, and the first airliner, Ilya Muromets, in 1914.
After emigrating 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 would modify the design into the Sikorsky R-4, which became the world's first mass-produced helicopter in 1942.
MCAS Cherry Point Air Show '08
PHOTO: Marine Corps pilots demonstrate the capabilities of their Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters during an air show at MCAS Cherry Point in 2008.
(On-This-Day.com) June 27, 1931 - Igor Sikorsky filed U.S. Patent 1,994,488, which marked the breakthrough in helicopter technology.
(Wikipedia) Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky (May 25, 1889 – October 26, 1972) was a Russian American aviation pioneer in both helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft. He designed and flew the world's first multi-engine fixed-wing aircraft, the Russky Vityaz in 1913, and the first airliner, Ilya Muromets, in 1914.
After emigrating 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 would modify the design into the Sikorsky R-4, which became the world's first mass-produced helicopter in 1942.