A Quote by Igor Sikorsky

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
American - Aviator
May 25, 1889 - October 26, 1972

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