Igor Sikorsky
His Three Careers in Aviation
Delear, Frank J.
First Edition
With a Foreword by Lieutenant General James H. (Jimmy) Doolittle, USAF (Ret.).
A biography of one of aviation's outstanding pioneers, covering his incredible three careers in flight. The designer of the first multi-engined airplane, the ocean-spanning Flying Clippers of the 1930's, and the first practical helicopter is revealed as a humble genius - a man of kindness, humanity, piety, and humor, whose tenacity and intelligence made his "impossible" dreams come true.
Igor Sikorsky's story is a fascinating one - his attempts at a helicopter as early äs 1909 in his native Russia; the building of the four-engined Grand; recognition by Czar Nicholas; his move to America and the "factory" on a chicken farm; the ill-fated S-35 designed for the first Atlantic crossing; the huge flying boats; his friend-ship with Charles Lindbergh; eventual reality of the helicopter; his beliefs about the future of science and mankind. Mr. Sikorsky has achieved every honor awarded in the field of aviation.
Hardcover with dust jacket
272 Seiten / pages
many photos
good condition
New York - 1969 - Dodd, Mead & Company
Art.Nr. 21431
