Igor Sikorsky: ‘My family is of Ukrainian origin’. Official document
When one opens Igor Sikorsky's Wikipedia page, in the "Early Life" paragraph one can read the following sentence: "When questioned regarding his roots, he would...
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 Speed Record and...
How Australia Welcomed ‘Sky Monster’ – AN-225 Mriya
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX_W_rR5J6w&t=219s
Igor Sikorsky’s First Trial Helicopter Assembled in Kyiv in 1909
"As time went on, I became well acquainted with the various aeronautical engines, having spent much time in a few factories, and finally made...
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 countries like North...
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 though, the true...
Antonov helps out Boeing in the extreme freezing conditions
Ukrainian AN-124 "Ruslan" made a flight from Zurich, Switzerland to Canadian Iqaluit with an engine for Boeing-777 which had to make an emergency landing...
Largest Aviation Museum in Eastern Europe
CNN ranked it as # 6 in the WORLD actually. Ahead are only Aviation museums in France (1), UK (1) and the USA (3). "This museum houses one of the world's...
Igor Sikorsky with his ‘Ilya Muromets’ plane in Kyiv in 1914
"Very few people had come to the field because our plane was not expected on that rainy morning. The Secretary of the Aeronautical Society...
Germans demo fly Antonov-225 XXXL-scale model
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkBzo_TDMbM&fbclid=IwAR0jlfwo68lZYn8ocP_4DIJ9UBVLLi87RM8fSzg43sjh_uLjMdtjs0rq4Gs
