Sikorsky S-1

1910


	Virtual Aircraft Museum / USSR / Russia / Sikorsky

Early in May 1910, Sikorsky wheeled the B.I.S.I out of its hangar on a windy day, turned it into the wind and opened the throttle of the tiny 15hp Anzani engine. Encouraged by a hop of 0.5 or 1 meter into the air for a few seconds, he tried several times to repeat it before realizing that it was made possible only by a sudden gust of wind.

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Terrence I. Murphy, e-mail, 07.02.2012 00:10

Like a lot of eary air pioneers,Sikorsky's first fixed-wing plane, the S-1 failed, because its tiny 15-horsepower (11.2-kilowatt) engine was inadequate to lift the plane into the air.

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