The Story of the Winged S

Igor Sikorsky

• Publisher: Barajima Books
• Year: 2020
• Topic: History
• eBook ISBN:
  9781839741586
• Subtopic: European History
• Index: History

The Story of the Winged-S, first published in 1938, is the autobiography of aviation pioneer Igor Sikorsky (1889-1972). The author looks traces the development of his many ground-breaking fixed-wing aircraft and helicopter designs during his long career in Russia, Europe and the United States. Included are 40 pages of illustrations.

Illustrations

The author at the controls of the S-38

Professor I. A. Sikorsky

The first helicopter in the summer of 1909

The second helicopter ready for testing in the spring of 1910

The S-2 in the summer of 1910

The pilot’s license

The S-6 in December, 1911

The S-6-A in the spring of 1912

The “Grand” in May, 1913

The Emperor Nicholas II inspecting the “Grand”

The Emperor Nicholas II and the author on the balcony of the “Grand”

The first “Ilia Mourometz”

The “Ilia Mourometz” coming to a landing, February, 1914

“Ilia Mourometz” on floats in July, 1914

A group of officers of the Squadron and a 1000-pound bomb

“Ilia Mourometz X” damaged by anti-aircraft fire

The machine gun cockpit at the rear end of the fuselage, 1916

“Ilia Mourometz C” with tail machine gun installed

“Ilia Mourometz C”

“Ilia Mourometz E”

An immigrant

The fuselage of S-29-A being assembled in a barn

The S-29-A and the personnel of the Company in the summer of 1923

The S-29-A

Various planes produced by the Sikorsky Company, 1925 to 1927

The S-35 with the fuel prepared for the long flight

The Sikorsky “Factory” in 1923, at Roosevelt, Long Island

The modern Sikorsky Factory in Bridgeport, Connecticut, in 1929

The S-38

The S-40 flying Clipper being assembled in the Bridgeport factory

The S-40 ready for tes...

Table of contents

• Title page
• TABLE OF CONTENTS
• Foreword
• I. A Dream
• II. My Family
• III. The Beginning of Actual Work and the Trip to Paris
• IV. The First Helicopter
• V. The First Airplane
• VI. The First Flight
• VII. First Success
• VIII. Moving to Petrograd
• IX. The Night of September 17, 1912
• X. The First Large Airplane with Several Engines Rises Successfully from the Ground
• XI. A Bigger and Better Four-engined Plane
• XII. The Flight of the “Ilia Mourometz” to Kiev
• XIII. The Squadron of Flying Ships
• XIV. A New Start in Life
• XV. Back in Aviation
• XVI. Flights of the S-29
• XVII. The S-35
• XVIII. The S-38 Amphibion
• XIX. The First American Flying Clipper
• XX. The Development of an Ocean Airliner
• XXI. The Work of a Pioneer
• XXII. A Mysterious Faculty
• XXIII. A Successful Helicopter
• XXIV. Ideas About the Future of Flying
• XXV. Conclusion
• Illustrations