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The Russian inventor Igor Sikorsky flew the self-designed Russky Vityaz, the world's first four-engine fixed-wing aircraft.
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Igor Sikorsky
Russian-American aviation pioneer (1889–1972)
Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky was a Russian-American aviation pioneer in both helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft. His first success came with the Sikorsky S-2, the second aircraft of his design and construction. His fifth airplane, the S-5, won him national recognition and F.A.I.…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Sikorsky Russky Vityaz
1913 aircraft by Igor Sikorsky
The Sikorsky Russky Vityaz, or Russian Knight (S-21), previously known as the Bolshoi Baltisky (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 Car Works in…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Fixed-wing aircraft
Heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings generating aerodynamic lift
A fixed-wing aircraft is a heavier-than-air aircraft, such as an airplane, which is capable of flight using aerodynamic lift. Fixed-wing aircraft are distinct from rotary-wing aircraft, and ornithopters. The wings of a fixed-wing aircraft are not necessarily rigid; kites, hang…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)