THE I.I. SIKORSKY HISTORICAL ARCHIVES

RUSSIAN BY BIRTH, AMERICAN BY CHOICE

 

"In America, I found the confirmation of my hopes and came to understand the reason for the success of this great country, nothing can equal the free work of free men. This is the foundation upon which the indisputable success of the United States of America has been built." Igor Sikorsky

 

Igor I Sikorsky (1889-1972) Born in Kiev,(now Ukraine) in Imperial Russia. Helped shape the development of Russian and American aviation. His greatest aeronautical achievements were his multi-motored airplanes, large flying boats and helicopters. Through innovative designs he set numerous aviation world records. He is noted as an unusual person. A genius with great natural ability, spirituality, humanity and being a true gentleman of the old school. Igor I Sikorsky (1889-1972) admired a simple code, "Money lost - nothing lost; Health lost - little lost; Spirit lost - everything lost." "Religion is now as much alive as ever and it has not failed mankind. It is mankind which is abandoning religion and which will bear the tragic consequences of the desertion. Religion firmly states that man created by God under the conditions and for the objective of higher moral and spiritual development, which alone can make even this life worthy and reasonable, and may open the way into a boundlessly happier future existence." Igor Sikorsky