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The Sikorsky Russky Vityaz (Russian: Русский витязь), or Russian Knight (S-21), previously known as the Bolshoi Baltisky (Russian: Большой Балтийский) (The Great Baltic) in its first four-engined version, was the first four-engine aircraft in the world, designed by Igor Sikorsky and built at the Russian Baltic ...
The Sikorsky Ilya Muromets (Russian: Сикорский Илья Муромец) (versions S-22, S-23, S-24, S-25, S-26 and S-27) was a class of Russian pre-World War I large four-engine commercial airliners and military heavy bombers used during World War I by the Russian Empire.
Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky (Russian: Игорь Иванович Сикорский, romanized: Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky, Ukrainian: Ігор Іванович Сікорський, romanized: Ihor Ivanovych Sikorskyi; 25 May 1889 – 26 October 1972) was a Russian–American aviation pioneer in both helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft.
May 21, 2024 · Characteristically, he soon took a giant step: the first four-engined airplane, called “ Le Grand,” the precursor of many modern bombers and commercial transports, which he built and flew successfully by 1913. Among its innovative features, not adopted elsewhere until the middle 1920s, was a completely enclosed cabin for pilots and passengers.
The Sikorsky Russky Vityaz (Russian: Русскій витязь), or Russian Knight and previously known as the Bolshoi Baltisky (Russian: Большой Балтискій) (The Great Baltic) in its first four-engined version, was the first four-engine aircraft in the world, designed by Igor Sikorsky and built at the Russian Baltic Railroad ...
Its 28.00m wing span earned it the nickname 'Le Grand'. Four 75kW Argus inline engines were mounted on the lower wings and it was with this powerplant, and piloted by Sikorsky, that the type was flown for the first time on 13 May 1913.
Sikorsky Russky Vityaz. English: The Sikorsky Russky Vityaz (Russian Knight) or Le Grand (The Great), later designated as Sikorsky S-21, was the very first usable four-engined aircraft in the world. The large biplane was designed and built by Igor Sikorsky in Imperial Russia in the spring of 1913.
