You are probably thinking of Igor Sikorsky, one of the major contributors to the invention of the helicopter. A link is provided.
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That was Igor Sikorsky, a Russian engineer and inventor who came to US before WW2
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.
Igor Sikorsky invented the first practical helicopter.
Igor Sikorsky invented the helicopter.
Igor Sikorsky's birth name is Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky.
That was the Sikorsky VS 300
Igor Sikorsky and Paul Cornu invented the helicopter in 1907. It was the first operating helicopter to actually take flight.
25 May, 1889 in Kiev, Ukraine, Russia.
There were many inventors of helicopters. I believe Igor Sikorsky was the best.
The first practical helicopter built was the Sikorsky VS300, as in pic.
If you mean "first" , i beleive that was the Sikorsky R4.
Igor Sikorsky, a Russian born American, made the world's first practical helicopter.