Igor Sikorsky | A Man and His Dream

Описание: After pioneering Russian aviation and creating many world firsts, Igor Sikorsky fled the Bolshevik revolution finally arriving in New York a penniless immigrant. While his contemporaries struggled in the new Soviet Union, Sikorsky once again built aircraft, this time in an abandoned chicken coop. He helped pioneer transatlantic flight with Charles Lindbergh and his S.42 flying boat, proving the potential for passenger service. He fought through frustration and failure to eventually fulfill his boyhood dream of vertical flight, and it was his unparalleled dedication and success in this field that would earn him the title: "Father of the Modern Helicopter".

Featuring interviews with Igor and Sergei Sikorsky.

Narrated by Richard Todd
Music Composed and Performed by Toby Gilks
Series Written, Produced and Directed by Stanley Hitchcock

Filmed in Russia, the United States, Japan, China, Italy, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Great Britain and Sweden, Wings Over the World pulls together a series of mammoth proportions. Containing much previously unseen footage from around the world, each documentary tells the story of 20th Century flight as seen through the eyes of those who were boys at the time of the Wright brothers memorable first flight - boys who grew into the men who built world aviation.

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