Memorable dates of Russia: “Sikorsky: Wings of Future”, timed to the 125th birth anniversary of the aircraft designer, in Moscow

The Polytechnic Museum (Moscow) from October 24, 2014 presents the exhibition "Sikorsky: Wings of the Future", dedicated to the 125th birth anniversary of the outstanding aircraft, inventor, engineer and dreamer Igor Sikorsky.

Until 1917, the Russian Empire was considered one of the world leaders in technology, including in aeronautics. It is in Russia Sikorsky designed and built the world's first multiengine airplanes "Russian Knight" (1913) and "Ilya Muromets" (1914), distinguished by a large range of flight, and begun all over heavy aircraft in the world. On the "Ilya Muromets" Sikorsky first rose to a height of more than 2000 m (with ten passengers on board), and later repeated the route "Petersburg - Kiev - St. Petersburg".

After the revolution, the aviation department of the Russian-Baltic plant virtually stopped working, none of the new aircraft was completed, and Sikorsky was forced to emigrate. First he went to France, and in 1919 - in the United States. Sikorsky has created 15 types of experimental and production aircraft used in military and civil aviation. In 1939, he began to develop a single-rotor helicopters circuit turbine-engine helicopters and amphibious with retractable landing gear and a "flying crane". Some of these models have been recreated especially for the exhibition at the Polytechnic Museum.

The exhibition "Sikorsky: Wings of the Future" - continued the long-standing cooperation of the Museum and Historical Archives of Igor Sikorsky. In 1999 the archive of Sikorsky gave the Polytechnic Museum 25 objects and subjects, including: the layout of the first experimental helicopter 1909 release and aircraft engine Sunbeam, which can be seen at the exhibition. Also on display are the front part of the fuselage of the aircraft, "Ilya Muromets" (layout 1:1), a model of airplane "Russian Vityaz" (provided by the Russian office of United Technologies), the engine "Anzani" (from the Russian Air Force Museum in Monino), propeller C-16 (the Central House of aviation and Astronautics), and more than 10 models of helicopters and hundreds of articles, photos, documents and archival materials.