Sergei Sikorsky – Igor I Sikorsky Historical Archives

In Memory of Sergei Sikorsky

Sergei Sikorsky passed away on Thursday, September 18, 2025 at the age of 100 years old.

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Sikorsky Archives Opens New Home at Sacred Heart University

On 12 October 2023, the Igor I. Sikorsky Historical Archives formally opened its new home at Sacred Heart University (SHU) in Fairfield, Connecticut.

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Interview with Sergei Sikorsky

Sergei Sikorsky recollects his early life growing up in the Sikorsky household during the era of Sikorsky flying boats and helicopter innovation.

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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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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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U.S. Coast Guard and Sikorsky Celebrate Significant Events

The United States Coast Guard and Sikorsky Aircraft celebrated two significant events in 2016. One century of United States Coast Guard aviation and the 127th birthday of Igor Sikorsky.

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