“The helicopter appeared so reluctant to fly forward that we even considered turning the pilot's seat around and letting it fly backward.” FlightSeatsAviationPilotsReluctantHelicopters Author:Igor Sikorsky
“At that time [1909] the chief engineer was almost always the chief test pilot as well. That had the fortunate result of eliminating poor engineering early in aviation.” WellsPoorResultsTestsChiefsFortunateAviationPilotsEngineeringEngineersEliminating Author:Igor Sikorsky