Sikorsky R-4 is a two-seat helicopter that was designed by Igor Sikorsky with a single, three-bladed main rotor and powered by a radial engine. The R-4...
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Hoverfly II. The R-6/Hoverfly II was developed to improve on the successful Sikorsky R-4. In order to enhance performance, a completely new streamlined fuselage...
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The Sikorsky H-5 (initially designated R-5 and also known as S-48, S-51 and by company designation VS-327) is a helicopter built by Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation...
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Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky (Russian: Игорь Иванович Сикорский, romanized: Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky, Ukrainian: Ігор Іванович Сікорський, romanized: Ihor Ivanovych...
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Sikorsky Aircraft is an American aircraft manufacturer based in Stratford, Connecticut. It was established by the Russian aviation pioneer Igor Sikorsky...
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The Vought-Sikorsky VS-300 (or S-46) is an American single-engine helicopter designed by Igor Sikorsky. It had a single three-blade rotor originally powered...
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The Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw (company model number S-55) is a multi-purpose piston-engined helicopter that was used by the United States Army and United...
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The Sikorsky H-34 (company designation S-58) is an American piston-engined military utility helicopter originally designed by Sikorsky as an anti-submarine...
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landing (STOVL) aircraft cannot perform without a runway. In 1942, the Sikorsky R-4 became the first helicopter to reach full-scale production. Although...
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Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King (company designation S-61) is an American twin-engined anti-submarine warfare (ASW) helicopter designed and built by Sikorsky Aircraft...
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XR-1 (experimental helicopter) Sikorsky R-4B "Hoverfly" (general helicopter) Sikorsky YR-4B "Hoverfly", version of R-4, known as HNS-1 in Navy service...
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The Sikorsky S-67 Blackhawk was a private-venture, prototype attack helicopter built in 1970 with Sikorsky Aircraft research and development (R&D) funds...
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"Platt-LePage XR-1 | National Air and Space Museum". Retrieved 2024-02-03. "Sikorsky R-4B Hoverfly". National Museum of the United States Air Force™. Retrieved...
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Seversky BT-8 - Basic trainer Seversky P-35 - Fighter Sikorsky R-4 & R-6 - Hoverfly helicopters Sikorsky R-5 - Helicopter Stinson UC-81/AT-19 Reliant - Trainer...
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The Sikorsky Ilya Muromets (Russian: Сикорский Илья Муромец) (versions S-22, S-23, S-24, S-25, S-26 and S-27) was a class of Russian pre-World War I large...
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The Sikorsky/Lockheed Martin VH-92 Patriot is an American helicopter now operational as the United States Marine Corps' Marine One U.S. presidential transport...
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The Sikorsky–Boeing SB-1 Defiant (stylized as "SB>1"; company designation S-100) was the Sikorsky Aircraft and Boeing entry for the United States Army's...
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The Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion (Sikorsky S-95) is a heavy transport helicopter designed and produced by Sikorsky Aircraft. The King Stallion is an...
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The Sikorsky S-72 was an experimental Sikorsky Aircraft compound helicopter developed as the Rotor Systems Research Aircraft (RSRA) for the National Aeronautics...
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The Sikorsky S-76 is a medium-size commercial utility helicopter designed and produced by the American helicopter manufacturer Sikorsky Aircraft. It is...
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II-era Sikorsky R-4, could be armed with weapons in order to provide them with limited combat capability. Early examples include armed Sikorsky H-34s in...
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1950s, some models of helicopter such as the Bell 47 and 48 and the Sikorsky R-4 and R-6 were fitted with utility floats so that they could rest on both...
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Igor Sikorsky and built at the Russian Baltic Railroad Car Works (Russo-Baltiiskyi Vagonnyi Zavod or R-BVZ) in Saint Petersburg in early 1913. Sikorsky conceived...
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third helicopter flown in the United States (following Igor Sikorsky's VS-300 and Sikorsky R-4). It was designed and flown by Frank Piasecki on April 11...
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MH-53 Sikorsky CH-54 Tarhe Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane Sikorsky Cypher Sikorsky H-19 (S-55) Sikorsky H-34 (S-58) Sikorsky R-4 Sikorsky R-5/H-5 Sikorsky R-6 Sikorsky...
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The Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion is a heavy lift helicopter operated by the United States military. As the Sikorsky S-80, it was developed from the...
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Commanding Officer Communications and Flagship USS Mount Olympus. Capt. R. R. Moore, USN, Commanding Supplyship USS Yancey. Capt. J.E. Cohn, USN, Commanding...
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Warner Scarab (redirect from Warner R-420)
(UC-61 or Argus). Notably, in 1942, it was put into use powering the Sikorsky R-4, the first helicopter to be put into production. Many of these reliable...
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licence-built version of the American Sikorsky S-51. On 19 January 1947 an agreement was signed between Westland Aircraft and Sikorsky to allow a British version...
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