Ilya Muromets

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Ilya Muromets

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Even larger were the Russian Ilya Muromets bombers of the tsar’s Squadron of Flying Ships. Designed by Igor Sikorsky, now remembered mainly as a helicopter pioneer, these biplanes spanned about 30 metres (100 feet) and were descended from his “Russky Vityaz” of May 1913, the world’s first successful four-engined airplane.…
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Even larger were the Russian Ilya Muromets bombers of the tsar’s Squadron of Flying Ships. Designed by Igor Sikorsky, now remembered mainly as a helicopter pioneer, these biplanes spanned about 30 metres (100 feet) and were descended from his “Russky Vityaz” of May 1913, the world’s first successful four-engined airplane.…
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