Quote Originally Posted by alexB
It seems that the social turmoil of [s:cj4lrt0m]the[/s:cj4lrt0m] 1917 and the following years led to Sikorsky’s fleeing the county and seeking refuge far from home. Then, when he made his groundbreaking achievements in the field of chopper building, Russians remembered that he was Russian too and so they, in a way, could take some of the credit for his work, in that, if it hadn’t been for his motherland’s ability to produce geniuses like him if we had been air bourn at all it would’ve been by hot air balloons and catapults only and maybe by magic carpets, in our dreams.
So I think all the credit must go to America. But I wonder if your girls knew about him before or did they only get to know him while working on that paper and if he is known in the US at all?

P.S. Could somebody check for errors in my paper, with all those subjunctive moods and missing or superfluous commas?
OMG... you are typing like me know! What have I done??? You have more run on thoughts there than I think I have ever had!! You are a GOD!

As for your question..... I was helping her out and was on a web page http://terpconnect.umd.edu/~leishman....html#Overview which is by a Univ of Maryland professor who has written a book "Principles of Helicopter Aerodynamics" and he had the quote by Sikorsky right there on the main page. So... I was thinking, "Well darling, we should look up this Igor dude to see who he was if you are going to use this quote." And as I was typing in his name into Google, I was sounding out his last name in my head. You know how that goes, "Sik-or-sky" and as I hit the enter key, went "D'oh!.. HIM"

Knew that it was the name of a chopper, but did not realize it came from a real person's name. Sorry to tell ya.