Captain Sikorsky ◆

Today, something asked to fly with me. And for one night, the sky was not an empty battlefield.

While he conquered fixed-wing flight early on, Sikorsky’s true dream was the helicopter. In 1939, he personally piloted the , the first practical single-rotor helicopter, which established the configuration (one main rotor and one tail rotor) still used by the vast majority of helicopters today. Achievement Foundation Established Sikorsky Aircraft in New York. VS-300 Flight First successful single-rotor helicopter flight. R-4 Production World’s first mass-produced helicopter. A Legacy That Lives On captain sikorsky

Sikorsky’s fascination with flight began in childhood, fueled by Leonardo da Vinci’s sketches and a rubber-band-powered model he built during a family vacation. This early obsession laid the groundwork for a career defined by two major eras of innovation: Today, something asked to fly with me