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1939 Sikorsky VS-300A Helicopter
Igor Sikorsky1939
The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI, United States
Igor Sikorsky, as a young man in Russia, tried unsuccessfully to build a helicopter in 1909. He went on to build fixed-wing aircraft but returned to helicopters in 1938. Within three years, he had developed the first practical helicopter in the United States: the VS-300A.
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- Title: 1939 Sikorsky VS-300A Helicopter
- Creator: Sikorsky, Igor Ivan, 1889-1972, United Aircraft Corporation. Vought-Sikorsky Aircraft Division
- Date Created: 1939
- Location: United States, Connecticut, Bridgeport
- Subject Keywords: Sikorsky, Igor Ivan, 1889-1972, Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974, World records, Firsts, Aviation, Helicopters, Aircraft
- Type: Objects
- Contributor: The Henry Ford
- Original Source: Digital Collections
- Patent Date: 1939
- Object Name: Helicopter
- Object ID: 43.140.1
- Inventor: Igor Sikorsky
- Invention: Helicopter
- Image ID: THF39662
- Field: Transportation
- Credit: From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
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