Sikorsky

[si-kawr-skee]

noun

1. Igor 1889–1972, U.S. aeronautical engineer, born in Russia.

Sikorsky

/ sɪˈkɔːskɪ /

noun

1. Igor. 1889–1972, US aeronautical engineer, born in Russia. He designed and flew the first four-engined aircraft (1913) and designed the first successful helicopter (1939)

Example Sentences

An American Airlines flight that had departed from Wichita, Kansas, was coming in for a landing when it collided with a Sikorsky H-60 Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday evening.

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The helicopter was a Sikorsky H-60 that took off from Fort Belvoir in Virginia with three soldiers on board, and belonged to B Company, 12th Aviation Battalion.

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Rain has worked with Lockheed Martin company Sikorsky and with fire officials in Orange County in the hopes of bringing its technology into operational use.

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It was the second fatal crash for Marines in Southern California involving a Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion, a heavy lift helicopter, in the last six years.

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The first three of Australia’s Sikorsky Aircraft-manufactured Black Hawks were delivered this month.

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