Sikorsky Builds Marine Corps Heavy Lift
The evolution of the Marine Corps’ CH-53K King Stallion heavy lift helicopter beginning with the Sikorsky S-56 in 1953.
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Igor I. Sikorsky’s Office
Igor Sikorsky’s office has been preserved as when he occupied it from 1956 to 1972. This issue highlights the artifacts in his office collected during his career.
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Sikorsky Serves the Coast Guard
A flight demonstration of Igor Sikorsky’s VS-300A helicopter at Bridgeport, Connecticut in April 1942 started an air-sea rescue revolution in the U.S. Coast Guard.
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Igor Sikorsky Solves “The Helicopter Problem”
When Igor Sikorsky first flew his VS-300 helicopter on September 14, 1939, he made vertical flight discoveries that shaped helicopters to this day.
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Sikorsky Serves the Presidents
Sikorsky Aircraft has engineered, built, and supported the Presidential helicopters since 1957.
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Predictions of a Pioneer
Igor Sikorsky’s predictions for air travel in general and for helicopters in particular have been largely realized or surpassed.
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Evolution of the Armed Helicopter
Military users quickly understood the flexibility and fire-power of rotary wing platforms and ultimately evolved highly integrated weapons systems ready to protect themselves and others.
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The Sikorsky Black Hawk in U.S. Military Service
When Black Hawk program manager Colonel Richard Kenyon received keys to Sikorsky’s first production UH-60A on October 31, 1978, the U.S. Army received the powerful, hardened assault helicopter it wanted.
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Sikorsky Helicopters in U.S. Air Force Rescue Squadrons
The HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter is the latest in the life-saving line of Sikorsky helicopters made for U.S. Air Force Rescue Squadrons. The Whiskey will round out a century of vertical flight rescue heroism.
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Sikorsky’s Sub Hunters
Today’s MH-60R gives the U.S. Navy the world’s most advanced ASW helicopter. However, the potential of the helicopter in ASW was recognized even before the Navy and Coast Guard flew their first Sikorsky R-4s in World War II.
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