Quotes from Igor Sikorsky

Money lost-nothing lost, Health lost-little lost, Spirit lost-everything lost.

It would be right to say that the helicopter's role in saving lives represents one of the most glorious pages in the history of human flight.

If you are in trouble anywhere in the world, an airplane can fly over and drop flowers, but a helicopter can land and save your life.

Aeronautics was neither an industry nor a science. It was a miracle.

At that time [1909] the chief engineer was almost always the chief test pilot as well. That had the fortunate result of eliminating poor engineering early in aviation.

The helicopter is probably the most versatile instrument ever invented by man. It approaches closer than any other to fulfillment of mankind's ancient dreams of the flying horse and the magic carpet.

If a man is in need of rescue, an airplane can come in and throw flowers on him, and that's just about all. But a direct lift aircraft could come in and save his life.

Supersonic airplanes have carried men at more than 2,000 miles per hour and there are reasons to believe that this speed will be doubled by 1960 or so.

The work of the individual still remains the spark that moves mankind forward.

The work of the individual still remains the spark that moves mankind ahead even more than teamwork.

The work of the individual still remains the spark that moves mankind ahead even more than teamwork.

This machine was a failure to the extent that it could not fly. In other respects it was a very important and necessary stepping stone.