Da vinci is thought to have had the 1st ideas and detailed designs for the helicopter.. Sikorski was one of the 1st to get 1 to fly..
The inventor of the Huey helicopter is Connor Lucas, who first introduced the idea to Bell Helicopter company; a company of which still is very prosperous today.
Igor Sikorsky and Paul Cornu invented the helicopter in 1907. It was the first operating helicopter to actually take flight.
Igor Sikorski invented the first helicopter. The inventor designed the helicopter to use solar power as a means of energy.
Igor Sikorsky invented the helicopter.
Igor Sikorsky invented the first practical helicopter.
A Russian-American, Igor Sikorsky, invented the first working helicopter...however, Leonardo Da Vinci created the concept of a helicopter many years before Sikorsky was born.
France developed the first model of the helicopter. It was first invented by Paul Cornu, a french inventor. Some say the invention of the helicopter was inspired by Leonardo Da Vinci's flying machine.
There were many inventors, but Igor Sikorky invented the first practical one
The very first piloted helicopter was invented by Paul Cornu in 1907, however, this design was not successful. French inventor, Etienne Oehmichen built and flew a helicopter one kilometer in 1924. Another early helicopter that flew for a decent distance was the German Focke-Wulf Fw 61, invented by an unknown inventor. Igor Sikorsky is considered to be the "father" of helicopters not because he invented the first. He is called that because he invented the first successful helicopter, upon which further designs were based.One of aviation's greatest designers, Russian born Igor Sikorsky began work on helicopters as early as 1910.
That was Igor Sikorsky, a Russian engineer and inventor who came to US before WW2
It was the Sikorski design team
You are probably thinking of Igor Sikorsky, one of the major contributors to the invention of the helicopter. A link is provided.