Igor Sikorsky
Commentaries on Igor Sikorsky & Aviation Pioneers
Commentaries

Sikorsky Builds Big – the S-56
The large and powerful Sikorsky S-56 was Sikorsky’s answer to the U.S. Marine Corps’ request for a shipboard helicopter that could carry heavy loads on amphibious assaults.
March 7, 2025

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