Igor Sikorsky, Father of Helicopter Industry, was born on May 25, 135 years ago in Kyiv

by HydrolicKrane

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  1. That statue is really cool!!! I’d love to see that every day.

  2. Igor Sikorky stated that his family is of UKRAINIAN origin – there is an article on the internet with the official document Igor signed with his own hand.

    The corrections should be made into Wikipedia page.

  3. Sikorsky is an American though and America is where he really made a name for himself because of his company.

  4. So cool, today’s my birthday too 🙂 happy birthday Igor!

  5. As a reminder, the POTUS / President of the USA flies on the helicopters wearing the name of the Great Ukrainian.

    [Marine One -](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_One)  is the [call sign](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_sign) of any [United States Marine Corps](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps) aircraft carrying the [president of the United States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States).[^([1])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_One#cite_note-hmx-1) It usually denotes a [helicopter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicopter) operated by Marine Helicopter Squadron One ([HMX-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMX-1)) “Nighthawks”, consisting of either the large [Sikorsky VH-3D Sea King](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_SH-3_Sea_King) or the newer, smaller [VH-60N “White Hawk”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_UH-60_Black_Hawk). 

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