Sikorsky Aircraft

Sikorsky S-1 1910 Early in May 1910, Sikorsky wheeled the B.I.S.I out of its hangar on a windy ... read more ... The B.I.S.I (or S-1) was rebuilt as the S-2, with a new centre section, revised ... read more ... Sikorsky S-2 1910 Sikorsky S-3 1910 read more ... The S-4 was shown in an aeronautical exhibition at Kharkov in the spring of 1911 ... read more ... Sikorsky S-4 1911 Sikorsky S-5 1911 With the S-5, Igor Sikorsky's fortunes began to change. Completed in late April 1911, with ... read more ... Availability of the 100hp Argus engine enabled Sikorsky to design the S-6 to seat three ... read more ... Sikorsky S-6 1911 Sikorsky S-5A 1912 In mid-summer 1912, the Russian Imperial Navy ordered the first of a series of seaplanes ... read more ... Igor Sikorsky's first monoplane, the S-7, combined wings, tail surfaces and landing gear from the ... read more ... Sikorsky S-7 1912 Sikorsky S-8 Malyutka 1912 The S-8 Malyutka (baby) was a side-by-side two-seat trainer with 50hp Gnome engine. The lower ... read more ... The S-9 had the first plywood monocoque fuselage built in Russia. Known as the Kroogly ... read more ... Sikorsky S-9 1912 Sikorsky S-22 "Ilya Muromets" 1913 The "Russki Vityaz" formed a basis for development of the Ilia Muromets series of ... read more ... Following his first unsuccessful experiments with rotary-wing aircraft in ... read more ... Sikorsky S-21 "Russki Vityaz" 1913 Sikorsky S-10 1913 Under the designation S-10, about sixteen production versions of the S-6B were built by the ... read more ... Developed from the larger and heavier S-9, the S-11 Polukroogly (half-round) had a conventional wooden ... read more ... Sikorsky S-11 1913 Sikorsky S-12 1913 The S-12 was built at the suggestion of George Yankovsky as a lighter, single-seat version ... read more ... During the First World War most Russian squadrons flew French-designed aircraft, many of them built ... read more ... Sikorsky S-16 1915 Sikorsky S-18 1915 Intended as a twin-engined fighter capable of inflicting heavy blows on enemy aircraft penetrating Russian ... read more ... Not much is known about the S-19, which had two 150hp Sunbeam engines in tandem ... read more ... Sikorsky S-19 1916 Sikorsky S-20 1916 The last of the RBVZ's First World War fighters, the S-20, embodied lessons learned from ... read more ... Sikorsky S-17 1916