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In his fascinating and entertaining history of aeronautics, the son of Igor Sikorsky weaves his father\u2019s story into the achievements of his fellow pioneers in the science and industry of powered flight. Sergei Sikorsky draws on his father\u2019s views of figures such as Otto Lilienthal, the Wright Brothers and Charles Lindbergh to tell the story of Igor Sikorsky\u2019s career designing and building aircraft in Imperial Russia, France and the USA before moving back to his first love, the helicopter.\n\nSergei Sikorsky addressed the 2007 Handley Page Lecture to the Royal Aeronautical Society on 26 April 2007 and the podcast was edited by Mike Stanberry FRAeS.