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Sikorsky, Igor Ivanovich - National Aviation Hall of Fame: National ...  During World War I he built a series of four-engine bombers. ... On September 14th, 1939 Sikorsky flew his design of a single-rotor helicopter after he changed the angle of the lifting rotor ... In May 1913 he made the first test flight in the Grand.
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Igor Sikorsky and the Helicopter  While the Sikorsky name is forever linked to helicopters, Igor Sikorsky (1889-1972) was a ... fulfilled years later when he designed a flying passenger boat, the S-40, built for Pan American ... in 1913 when he designed and flew the first four-engine airplane, a passenger plane later converted for use as a World War I bomber.
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J! Archive - Show #2916, aired 1997-04-14  An archive of clues and players for Jeopardy! show #2916. ... In 1913 he built & flew the first 4-engine airplane; later he built helicopters...
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Igor Sikorsky - Wikipedia  Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky was a Russian-American aviation pioneer in both helicopters and .... Later, Sikorsky built the two-seat S-5, his first design not based on other ... included the construction of the first four-engine aircraft, the S-21 Russky Vityaz, which he ... He also served as the test pilot for its first flight on May 13, 1913.
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Igor Sikorsky and his Flying Machines | ConnecticutHistory.org  Igor Sikorsky and the first successful helicopter built in America, Stratford ... Young Sikorsky's most successful design was for a large, four-engine plane that he named Ilya Muromets, after a legendary Russian folk hero. He completed it in 1913. ... bomber during World War I. It successfully flew hundreds of combat missions.
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The Road to the First Flight - Wright Brothers National Memorial ...  But it wasn't until 1892, when they formed the Wright Cycle Company to sell ... In their construction of flying machines, Wilbur and Orville often used the same ... many of their scientific experiments in the backroom of their shop and most of the ... of that predicted by the Lilienthal data upon which the wing design was based.
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Wright Brothers' Powered Aircraft (1903 - 1905)  Computer drawings of Wright brother powered aircraft from 1903 to 1905. ... You can compare the performance of these aircraft by using an interactive performance ... pusher propellers connected by bicycle chains to the 12 horsepower motor.
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Sikorsky Russky Vityaz - Topics  The Sikorsky Russky Vityaz ( Russian :   ), or Russian Knight ... However, the first aerial test of the Russky Vityaz on 10 May 1913 was successful. ... World's first four-engine airplane Russky Vityaz: the Era of Sykorsky .... was a Russian-American aviation pioneer in both helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft . First...
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jeopardy/2738_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  THE OTTO CLUB | Before 1900, Otto Lilienthal had invented one of these engineless airplanes with arched wings like a bird's | glider. right: Ethan. Wrong:.
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Breguet's Pre-1914 Aircraft ID Challenge Index - TheFirstAirRaces.net  #828 Max Schler Eindecker (Germany, 1911-1912) .... It was displayed at the 1912 Paris Aero Salon and several examples with ... It was inspired by an 1868 test-rig of his friend Otto Lilienthal. .... Two of these machines (No. .... airplane to fly, at the Paterna excercise ground on 5 September 1909, piloted by Juan Olivert.
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Glenn Curtiss - Wikipedia  Glenn Hammond Curtiss (May 21, 1878  July 23, 1930) was an American aviation pioneer ... Curtiss made the first officially witnessed flight in North America, won a race at the world's first international air meet in France, and ... Between 1908 and 1910, the AEA produced four aircraft, each one an improvement over the last.
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Wright brothers - Wikipedia  The Wright brothers, Orville (August 19, 1871  January 30, 1948) and Wilbur (April 16, 1867  May 30, 1912), were two American brothers, inventors, and aviation pioneers who are generally credited with inventing, building, and flying the world's first successful airplane. ... They made the first controlled, sustained flight of a powered, heavier-than-air...
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Analysis--The True Story of the Wright Brothers Contract  Wilbur and Orville Wright made their historic first powered flight on ... On January 10, 1905, the Wrights wrote a letter to a British military officer offering to sell an airplane ... The War Department did not want to pay for research and development; .... But on February 1, 1908, the Army received 41 bids, ranging from $850 to $1...
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First airplane flies - Dec 17, 1903 - HISTORY.com  On this day in 1903, near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville and Wilbur Wright make the first successful flight in history of a self-propelled, heavier-than-air aircraft. Orville piloted the gasoline-powered, propeller-driven biplane, which stayed aloft for 12 seconds and covered 120 feet on its inaugural flight.
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Wilbur and Orville Wright's First Flight  ... and sent a telegram to their father: "Success four flights Thursday morning all against twenty one mile wind started from level with engine power alone average...
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FLYING MACHINES - Samuel P. Langley  By mid-January of 1887, Langley was living in Washington, D.C., employed as Assistant ... In 1891 Langley experimented with steam-engine powered Aerodromes, beginning the series which would lead to the human-carrying machine of 1903. ... 4 was ready for testing and a launching device atop a house boat was built.
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The Road to the First Flight - Wright Brothers National Memorial ...  Designed by French aeronautical experimenter Alphonse Pnaud, this toy did not simply ... But it wasn't until 1892, when they formed the Wright Cycle Company to sell ... less lift than expected, and they flew the glider mostly as a kite, working the ... an aircraft break the sound barrier, and watched a man walk on the moon.
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Celebrating The Success Of The Wright Brothers & The Invention of ...  Wright Aircraft Company. -, Flying the ... The replica was built by a group of volunteers in Dayton, Ohio. ... Most other flying schools required the student to pay for breakage. .... At last, In 1908 the Wrights received two contracts on two continents. ... Curtiss went in to bankruptcy but came out of it in better shape than before.
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Wright Brothers: A Promise of Flight Fulfilled | HistoryNet  After their last flights in 1905, they stored the Flyer and did not take to the air again for ... Although they received a U.S. patent on May 22, 1906, they were reluctant to ... They built new, improved aircraft, conducted experiments with hydroplanes ... most notably by Glenn Curtiss, whose Red Wing and June Bug models were...
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Famous Firsts in Aviation - Infoplease  Orville Wright, Major John F. Curry, and Colonel Charles Lindbergh in 1927. ... Jean Marie Coutelle, using a balloon built for the French Army, made two 4-hour ... Lt. Eugene Ely, USN, took a Curtiss plane off from the deck of the cruiser .... records at the same timespeed, distance, and altitudewas employed by N.Y.New...
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Curtiss JN-4 - Wikipedia  The Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny" was one of a series of "JN" biplanes built by the Curtiss Aeroplane ... The British used the JN-4 (Canadian), along with the Avro 504, for their ... with the modified JN-4s becoming the first aerial ambulances, carrying out this ... Marine Corps (USMC) including flying the first U.S. Air Mail in May 1918.