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Events on Thursday 26 October 1972 1
1889 – 1972Igor Sikorsky (1889-1972)Died 26 October 1972, aged 83Sikorsky was a Russian-American aviation pioneer who built some of the earliest successful multi-engine aircraft and later developed the first mass-produced helicopter, the VS-300. His helicopter designs became the basis for much of modern rotorcraft. He died at his home in Connecticut.