- مجهول الطفولة ولا يعرف متى مات اوالديه.
- سافر الى باريس وهو شاب 16 سنة بسبب الحرب العالمية الاولى.
- عاد لاستكمال دراسته ثم غادر مرة اخرى.
- غادر موسكو عام 1917 بسبب الثورة وعمره 28 سنة.
- هاجر الى امريكا وعمره 30 سنة.

ايغور ايفانوفيتش سيكورسكي (بالإنجليزية: Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky) و(بالروسية:Игорь Иванович Сикорский)، ولد 25 مايو 1889 – توفي 26 أكتوبر 1972 [1]. وهو روسي المولد أمريكي الجنسية واحد رواد صناعة الطيران، وهو من صمم وطار بأول طائرة متعددة المحركات، وطور أول طائرة مائية عابرة المحيط تابعة لشركة بان أم بالثلاثينات من القرن الماضي، وطور أيضا أول مروحية أمريكية.
السيرة الذاتية

كان والد سيكورسكي واسمه ايفان الكسيفتش سيكورسكي إستاذ في علم النفس وهو خليط من إثنية روسية وبولندية (نص روسي ونص بولندي)، ويرجع أصله إلى النبلاء البولنديين الذين أبعدوا بعد فشل ثورة يناير 1863. فإيفان ابن وحفيد لقساوسة الكنيسة الروسية الأرثوذكسية. وقد ناصر الأفكار الملكية والقومية الروسية وقد أثرت تلك على أفكار ابنه السياسية.
والدة ايجور واسمها: ماريا ستيفانوفنا سيكورسكايا وهي نصف أوكرانية (من الأب) ونصف الروسية (من الأم) وهي طبيبة ولكنها لم تمارس تلك الحرفة، وإن أعطت ابنها الذي يدرس منزليا حب الفن بشكل كبير وخاصة عن ليوناردو دا فينشي وقصص جول فيرن. بدأ ايجور تجربته مع نماذج آلات الطيران عند بلوغه من العمر 12 عاما فصنع مروحية صغيرة تعمل بالأحزمة المطاطية.
درس سيكورسكي بالكلية البحرية التابعة للجيش الروسي في سانت بطرسبرغ من عام 1903 حتى 1909، ولكنه لم ينهي دراسته بشكل رسمي. فخلال الفترة من أواخر 1906 حتى 1907 ولفترة قصيرة درس الهندسة في باريس. وفي عام 1908 سافر مع والده إلى ألمانيا، وهناك رأى على غلاف صحيفة صورة لأحد أخوي رايت وبجانبه طائرته. وقد قال سيكورسكي بعد ذلك عن تلك اللحظة:"خلال 24 ساعة قررت تغيير حياتي المهنية وسوف أدرس الطيران."
أعطته أخته بعض المصروف حتى يعود إلى باريس عام 1909. وكانت باريس مركز للطيران في أوروبا، وقد قابل الكثير من الطيارين الفرنسيين ومنهم لويس بليروات أول طيار عبر القنال الإنجليزي. وقد عاد ايجور إلى كييف بنفس العام وبدأ تجربته مع الآلات الطائرة.

الملاح الروسي سيكورسكي وجينر وكولبار على متن طائرة عام 1915

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Aviation pioneer Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky was born May 25, 1889 in Kiev, Russia. He created the first successful helicopter in 1939, and is credited with many other outstanding accomplishments in the field of aircraft design.
Educated as an engineer and designer, Sikorsky developed an interest in man-powered flight in his youth. He was fascinated by the work done up to that point by the Wright Brothers and by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin. After graduating from the Petrograd Naval College, he traveled to Europe to study engineering and aviation in Paris. In 1907, he went home to Kiev where he completed his studies at the Mechanical Engineering College of the Polytechnical Institute.
He returned to Paris with plans to build a helicopter. Engineers had been attempting to build such a device for years, the first flown ­ unsuccessfully ­ in 1907 by Frenchman Paul Cornu. Others had limited success as well. But there were still too many problems with existing designs to make them truly viable. Sikorsky bought a 25-horsepower Anzani engine in Europe and took it home to Kiev to get to work. His first helicopter model failed. He decided to try a fixed-wing craft. His first attempt, the S-1, also failed, for he had used an inadequately powered engine. But his second, the S-2, was a success. He continued to acquire information and make improvements to his airplane models. He also acquired his pilot’s license. His fifth plane, the S-5, gained national attention. His sixth, the S-6-A, won him the highest award at the 1912 Moscow Aviation Exhibition, and first prize in a military competition in Petrograd.
This success lead to his appointment as head of the aviation division of the Russian Baltic Railroad Car Works. There Sikorsky began conceiving the first multi-engine airplane, “The Grand,” a luxurious passenger plane, revolutionary for its time. Next he designed the Ilia Mourometz, which served as a model for more than 70 versions of bombers used during World War I.
The Russian Revolution of 1917 stalled Sikorsky’s career. He left for France to build bombers for the War, which ended just a year later. Plans thwarted, he then traveled to the United States in 1919, where he began teaching mathematics. By 1923 he had raised enough money to establish his own aviation company, the Sikorsky Aero Engineering Corporation, in Long Island. First the company produced the all-metal S-29-A, followed by S-38 twin-engine amphibians in 1929, which Pan American Airways employed to fly routes to Central and South America. That year, the Sikorsky Aviation Corporation became a subsidiary and then a division of the United Aircraft Corporation, moving to Stratford, Connecticut. In 1931, the company produced the first S-40s, or “American Clippers,” which were later used to fly trans-Atlantic and trans-Pacific passenger flights. Sikorsky built a series of these “flying boats,” his last version the S-44, which for years provided the fastest available means of trans-Atlantic transport.
Sikorsky continued to dream of building a successful helicopter. He had never stopped jotting down his design ideas. He had even patented some of them. In 1939, he achieved his goal: he completed the VS-300, piloting the craft during its first flight himself that summer. The VS-300 would come to be known as the United States’ first successful helicopter and by 1940 would serve as the model for all single-rotor helicopters. One of the most significant design details in Sikorsky’s helicopter was its use of a tail rotor to provide thrust in the opposite direction of the torque created by the top rotor. This model was the first that did not require two counter-rotating rotors to cancel out the torque. Sikorsky’s innovative design made the craft lighter, simpler, and easier to control.
Military contracts took the helicopter into large-scale production, starting with the XR-4. By the end of World War II, the U.S. Army had purchased more than 400 Sikorsky helicopters. These aircraft provided significant advantages in many types of military situations, life-saving missions in particular.Sikorsky was recognized with countless honors and awards during the course of his life, such as the National Medal of Science, the Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy, and induction into the International Aerospace Hall of Fame, and the Aviation Hall of Fame. He was said to be a kind and spiritual man who was interested in philosophy and the effect of science on humanity. He wrote two books, "The Message of the Lord's Prayer," and "The Invisible Encounter.” Sikorsky officially retired in 1957, but he continued to work as a consultant until his death in 1972 at the age of 83. The Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation continues to operate in Stratford, as a division of United Technologies. It is the oldest helicopter manufacturer in the world.
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Father: Ivan Alexis Sikorsky (psychiatrist)
Mother: Zinaida Stepanovna Temryuk-Cherkasova Sikorskaya (physician)
Wife: Olga Fyodorovna Simkovitch (div., one child)
Wife: Elisabeth Semion (m. 1924, four children)
Son: Sergei Sikorsky (Sikorsky Aircraft executive
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