"According to recognized aero technical tests, the bumblebee……" — Igor Sikorsky
"According to recognized aero technical tests, the bumblebee cannot fly because of the shape and weight of his body in relation to the total wing area. The bumblebee doesn't know this, so he goes ahead and flies anyway."
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Igor Sikorsky
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15 Quotes by Igor Sikorsky
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Aeronautics was neither an industry nor a science. It was a miracle.
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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…
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It is like a dream to feel the machine lift you gently up in the air, float smoothly over one…
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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…
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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…
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At that time [1909] the chief engineer was almost always the chief test pilot as well. That had the fortunate…
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The work of the individual still remains the spark that moves mankind forward.
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