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Igor Sikorsky has 15 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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Aeronautics was neither an industry nor a science. It was a miracle.
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The helicopter is probably the most versatile instrument ever invented by man. It approaches closer than any other to fulfillment of mankind's…
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If you are in trouble anywhere in the world, an airplane can fly over and drop flowers, but a helicopter can land…
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Supersonic airplanes have carried men at more than 2,000 miles per hour and there are reasons to believe that this speed will…
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If a man is in need of rescue, an airplane can come in and throw flowers on him, and that's just about…
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It would be right to state that, with the successful flight of the XR-4 in the summer of 1942, the helicopter became…
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It is like a dream to feel the machine lift you gently up in the air, float smoothly over one spot,
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It would be right to say that the helicopter's role in saving lives represents one of the most glorious pages in the…
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Money lost-nothing lost, Health lost-little lost, Spirit lost-everything lost.
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Our concerns sink into insignificance when compared with the eternal value of human personality - a potential child of God which is…
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According to recognized aero technical tests, the bumblebee cannot fly because of the shape and weight of his body in relation to…
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At that time [1909] the chief engineer was almost always the chief test pilot as well. That had the fortunate result of…
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At that time [1909] the chief engineer was almost always the chief test pilot as well. That had the fortunate result of…
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Major Richard Bong was an example of the tragic and terrible price we must pay to maintain principles of human rights, of…
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I would like to fly in space. Absolutely. That would be cool. I used to just do personally risky things, but now…
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On a standard space shuttle crew, two of the astronauts have a test pilot background - the commander and the pilot.
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You know, being a test pilot isn't always the healthiest business in the world.
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But when I was selected, after my very first tour of squadron duty, to become one of the youngest candidates for the…
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