The largest pre-WW1 plane – Sikorsky’s S-22 ‘Ilya Muromets’ – made its maiden flight...
Igor Sikorsky flew "Ilya Muromets" plane personally from Petersburg to his native Kyiv setting several world records. As it turns out...
Ukraine Prepares To Snub China In Aerospace Deal With U.S. Help – Forbes
https://www.forbes.com/sites/katyagorchinskaya/2020/02/17/ukraine-prepares-to-snub-china-in-aerospace-deal-with-us-help/
Monuments to Igor Sikorsky in Kyiv opened by Mayor Vitaly Klitschko
Igor Sikorsky was born in Kyiv and achieved world fame while still living in it. For example, he set the World...
Outstanding Ukrainian Planes
- Antonov An-2 recently has been included in the Guiness Book of Records as the only plane that's been in production for 70 years!! Unfortunately, some...
New ANTONOV Airlines Houston office works with Orbital ATK aerospace giant
" ANTONOV Airlines, which recently established a USA base in Houston, Texas as part of ongoing global expansion, has transported an outsized...
It’s Ukrainian Flying Fortress, not Russian
Just today came across an article titled "Russian Flying Fortress - A powerful monster comes back to life! Unbelievably cool" which...
Ivan Kozhedub, a Ukrainian, was the highest scoring Allied and Soviet fighter pilot of...
Unfortunately, after World War II, he remained in the military and went on to command the 324th Fighter Aviation Division during...
Guinness record setter Antonov An-2 plane
"Although not the largest biplanes ever, the biggest double-wing aircraft currently in common use is the Antonov An-2 / An-3, which has a...
Germans demo fly Antonov-225 XXXL-scale model
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkBzo_TDMbM&fbclid=IwAR0jlfwo68lZYn8ocP_4DIJ9UBVLLi87RM8fSzg43sjh_uLjMdtjs0rq4Gs
Igor Sikorsky set a world speed record of 111 km per hour on his...
Igor Sikorsky started construction
of the first S-6 was in August 1911.
The biplane was powered by a 100 hp Argus 4-cylinder water-cooled engine.
The...
