Igor Sikorsky
Commentaries on Igor Sikorsky & Aviation Pioneers
Commentaries
Sikorsky’s Mid-Sized Moneymaker – the S-58
The S-58 was one of the most successful piston-engine helicopters that Sikorsky ever built. By the time the last S-58 rolled off the Bridgeport, Connecticut line in January 1969, Sikorsky Aircraft had built 1,821 of the mid-sized helicopters.
May 25, 2025
January 7, 2006
ABC: The High Speed Helicopter
Sikorsky Aircraft created the Advancing Blade Concept during the 1970s with the goal of significantly increasing helicopter flight speed.
April 24, 2005
R-4 Showed The Way in 1942
The Sikorsky VS-316 (XR-4) embodied all that had been learned by Igor Sikorsky’s development and testing of the VS-300.
March 8, 2000
March 7, 2001
December 7, 2000
