Moving the Sikorsky VS-300A Helicopter inside Henry Ford Museum, February 1978

THF716175 / Moving the Sikorsky VS-300A Helicopter inside Henry Ford Museum, February 1978

Artifact Overview

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

15 February 1978

Creators

Collection Title

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

EI.1929.P.B.80134.B

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 10 in
Width: 8.125 in

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Artifact
1939 Sikorsky VS-300A Helicopter
Igor Sikorsky, as a young man in Russia, tried unsuccessfully to build a helicopter in 1909. He went on to build fixed-wing aircraft but returned to helicopters in 1938. Within three years, he had developed the first practical helicopter in the United States: the VS-300A.