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Watch: How The Russian Revolution Brought The Father Of The Helicopter To America

November 4, 2020Coffee or Die
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This article was originally published Oct. 26, 2020, on Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty


Aviation pioneer Igor Sikorsky was designing bombers for the Russian Empire when World War I broke out. Nowadays, the company he founded in the United States makes the “choppers” that transport U.S. presidents. This is the story of how the “father of the helicopter” crossed the Atlantic and made it big before designing the first aircraft to make regular flights across the major oceans.


Copyright (c)2020 RFE/RL, Inc. Reprinted with the permission of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave NW, Ste 400, Washington DC 20036.






 


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