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Sikorsky's success helped win him a job as head of the airplane division of the Russian Baltic Railroad Car Works. That is where he developed his first major new airplane design.
Planes at that time had only one engine. Sometimes, a plane's propeller pulled masses of flying insects into the engine. The engine stopped, and the plane crashed. Sikorsky thought planes would be safer if they had more than one engine. So he designed a plane with four engines. He called it "The Grand."
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Sikorsky's plane was revolutionary. It was the first to have more than one engine. It was the first to have a closed area for the pilot and passengers. And it was the first to have a toilet.
After designing "The Grand," Sikorsky designed an even bigger airplane. He called it the "Ilia Mourometz," the name of a famous Russian who lived in the 10 (tenth) century. He made a military version of this plane. It became the most successful bomber used in World War One.
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design explore lead build interest start turn direct dream read describe fly decide remain enter study know succeed travel change include return learn test weigh lift work discover correct show win develop pull crash call live use
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designer special exploration leader designing building professor especially possibility flying helicopter direction writer intelligent naval engineering picture aviation successful learning possible powerful unusual finally quickly division propeller famous version successful bomber
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As a ten-year-old boy – в 10 лет
blades turned – лопасти вращались
He dreamed of building – он мечтал построить
However - однако
such a machine – такая машина
a few years earlier – несколькими годами раньше
Within twenty-four hours – за 24 часа
even though - хотя
It weighed too much – он слишком много весил
It could not get off – он не мог подняться
Instead – вместо
He was able to correct – он мог исправить
more than one – больше чем один
even bigger – еще больший
Igor Sikorsky: Aircraft and Helicopter Designer
(part 2)
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Igor Sikorsky left Russia at the start of the revolution in nineteen seventeen. He stayed for a while in Britain and France.
Then he went to the United States.
He arrived with little money and no real chances for work. America's aviation industry was new and very small. There were no jobs.
In nineteen twenty-three, however, he got help from a group of Russian exiles in the United States. They gave him enough money to start his own aviation company, Sikorsky Aero Engineering. It was on Long Island, east of New York City.
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Sikorsky's greatest success during this period was designing seaplanes. These planes could land on ground or on water. They could fly long distances. The Pan American airline company used them to fly from North America to Central and South America.
In nineteen twenty-nine, the Sikorsky company became part of the United Aircraft Corporation. The re-organized company produced a series of large planes known as flying boats.
These planes were big enough and powerful enough to fly across oceans. They made it possible to move people and goods quickly from the United States to Europe and Asia. Passengers on flying boats rested in soft seats. They ate hot meals. Air travel had become fun, as well as safe.
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By nineteen thirty-eight, Igor Sikorsky decided to experiment with helicopters again. It had been thirty years since his first unsuccessful attempts. Through those years, he had written down ideas for possible new designs.
The first helicopter Sikorsky built in America was the V-S-Three-Hundred. It was a skeleton of steel tubes. In its first test flight, it rose about a meter off the ground. Sikorsky then tested nineteen more designs.