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This machine was a failure to the extent that it could not fly. In other respects it was a very important and necessary stepping stone.
Igor Sikorsky
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Igor Sikorsky
Age: 83 †
Born: 1889
Born: May 25
Died: 1972
Died: October 26
Aerospace Engineer
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Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky
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