Igor Sikorsky Biography

Igor Sikorsky biography

Quick Facts

NAME: Igor Sikorsky
OCCUPATION: Engineer, Inventor
BIRTH DATE: May 25, 1889
DEATH DATE: October 26, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH: Kiev, Ukraine
PLACE OF DEATH: Easton, Connecticut
Full Name: Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky
AKA: Igor Sikorsky

Best Known For

Igor Sikorsky was a Russian aeronautics engineer and inventor known for crafting the first four-engine plane and the first working helicopter.

Quiz

Think you know about Biography?

Answer questions and see how you rank against other players.

Play Now

Print Cite This

Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky

APA Style

Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky. (2013). The Biography Channel website. Retrieved 11:30, May 19, 2013, from http://www.biography.com/people/igor-sikorsky-9483585.

Harvard Style

Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky. [Internet]. 2013. The Biography Channel website. Available from: http://www.biography.com/people/igor-sikorsky-9483585 [Accessed 19 May 2013].

MLA Style

"Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky." 2013. The Biography Channel website. May 19 2013, 11:30 http://www.biography.com/people/igor-sikorsky-9483585.

MHRA Style

"Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky," The Biography Channel website, 2013, http://www.biography.com/people/igor-sikorsky-9483585 [accessed May 19, 2013].

Chicago Style

"Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky," The Biography Channel website, http://www.biography.com/people/igor-sikorsky-9483585 (accessed May 19, 2013).

CBE/CSE Style

Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky [Internet]. The Biography Channel website; 2013 [cited 2013 May 19] Available from: http://www.biography.com/people/igor-sikorsky-9483585.

Bluebook Style

Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky, http://www.biography.com/people/igor-sikorsky-9483585 (last visited May 19, 2013).

AMA Style

Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky. The Biography Channel website. 2013. Available at: http://www.biography.com/people/igor-sikorsky-9483585. Accessed May 19, 2013.

Profile

Born in Kiev, Russia, on May 25, 1889, Igor Sikorsky studied in his home city and Paris before choosing to follow his own vision for aeronautic design. He built the first four-engine plane in 1913 and, after decades of development, would craft the first working helicopter, with its first test flight in 1939. A recipient of many honors and accolades, Sikorsky died on October 26, 1972, in Easton, Connecticut.