The Sikorsky R-4 is a two-seat light helicopter that was designed by Igor Sikorsky with a single, three-bladed main rotor and powered by a radial engine. The R-4 was the world's first large-scale mass
A Sikorsky R-4 in a hover
In this image taken in 1944, one of Langley Research Center's Sikorsky YR-4B/HNS-1 helicopters is seen in the 30 × 60 full-scale wind tunnel.
Comdr. Frank A. Erickson, USCG & Dr. Igor Sikorsky, Sikorsky Helicopter HNS-1 C.G. 39040
HNS-1 helicopter lands on the icebreaker USCGC Northwind for Operation High Jump (Task Force 68), a mission to Antarctica
Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky was a Russian-American aviation pioneer in both helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft. His first success came with the Sikorsky S-2, the second aircraft of his design and constru
Sikorsky R-4
…The Sikorsky R-4 is a two-seat light helicopter that was designed by Igor Sikorsky with a single, three-bladed main rotor and powered by a radial engine. The R-4 was the world's first large-scale mass-produced helicopter and the first…
Sikorsky Bolshoi Baltisky of 1913, before receiving its pair of pusher engines
Russian aviators Sikorsky, Genner and Kaulbars aboard a "Russky Vityaz", c. 1913