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Russky Vityaz. The Ilya Muromets (Sikorsky S-22) was designed and constructed by Igor Sikorsky at the Russo-Baltic Carriage Factory (RBVZ) in Saint Petersburg in 1913. [7] It was based on his earlier S-21 Russky Vityaz, which started out as the twin-engined Le Grand, then as the twin tandem-engined Bolshoi Baltisky before placing all four of the Baltisky's engines in a tractor configuration ...
In service, the RBVZ-6 was a reliable engine and by mid-1916 it was being used as a substitute for imported Sunbeam Crusaders on new Ilya Muromets aircraft. RBVZ-6 engines remained in service into the 1920s. Four RBVZ-6 engines powered the last airworthy Ilya Muromets which crashed into a cabbage field in July 1922. [2]
The Sikorsky S-16, or RBVZ S-XVI (named after its manufacturer), was a Russian equi-span single-bay two-seat biplane designed by Igor Sikorsky in 1914-15. Conceived in response to demand for an escort fighter for the Ilya Muromets bombers, it was noteworthy in that it was one of the first aircraft to possess synchronisation gear for its 7.7 mm machine gun.
Early "Le Grand" version with two engines. The Sikorsky Russky Vityaz (Russian: Русский витязь), or Russian Knight (S-21), previously known as the Bolshoi Baltisky (Russian: Большой Балтийский) (The Great Baltic) in its first four-engined version, [1] was the first four-engine aircraft in the world, designed by Igor Sikorsky and built at the Russian Baltic ...
In December 1914 a squadron of 10 Ilya Muromets bombers was formed and used against the German and Austro-Hungarian armies. [5] 17 January 1915 – The Ministry of War of the Russian Empire issued an order to arm aeroplanes with 7.62mm Madsen light machine guns and 7.71mm Lewis light machine guns [4] [19] In March 1915 naval aviation was ...
Ilya Muromets (1914) by Viktor Vasnetsov. Ilya Muromets or Murometz, [1] [a] also known as Ilya of Murom, [2] is a bogatyr in byliny set during the time of Kievan Rus'. [1] He is often featured alongside fellow bogatyrs Dobrynya Nikitich and Alyosha Popovich, [3] [1] the three collectively known in Russian culture as "the three bogatyrs []".
Two Washington, D.C., airport employees have been arrested in connection with the leak of a video showing the moment Flight 5342 collided with a Black Hawk helicopter on Jan. 29.
The Sikorsky Ilya Muromets sets a load-to-altitude record, lifting 16 people to 2,000 metres (6,600 feet). 1 February – The Aero Club of America announces plans to sponsor an around-the-world airplane race. [7] 3 February – German aviator Bruno Langer sets a new flight endurance record, flying nonstop for 14 hours 7 minutes. [8]