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Two Signatures of Early Russian Aviators

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:19.00 USD Estimated At:75.00 - 100.00 USD
Two Signatures of Early Russian Aviators
<B>Two Signatures of Early Russian Aviators, Igor Sikorsky and Alexander P. de Seversky.</B></I><BR><BR>Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky (1889-1972) was a pioneer of aviation who designed the first four-engine fixed-wing aircraft and the first successful helicopter of the most common configuration (single main rotor tail rotor).<BR><BR>Alexander Nikolaievich Prokofiev de Seversky (1894- 1974) was an aviation pioneer, inventor, and influential advocate of strategic air power. He served as a Russian naval aviator in World War I, lost a leg in combat, and continued to fly, shooting down thirteen German aircraft. In 1917 he was in the U. S. as a member of the naval aviation mission and decided to stay. He worked as a test pilot and became an assistant to air power advocate General Billy Mitchell. All mounted on stiff card stock with brief typed biographical information. Fine. <B></B></I><BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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