Vought-Sikorsky VS-300 cargo. The VS-300 was modified over a two-year period, including removal of the two vertical tail rotors, until 1941, when a new cyclic control system gave it much improved flight behavior. In 1943, the VS-300 was retired to the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan. It has been on display there ever since, except for a trip back to the Sikorsky Aircraft plant for restoration in 1985. Vought-Sikorsky VS-300 The Vought-Sikorsky VS-300 (or S-46) is a single-engine helicopter designed by Igor Sikorsky. It had a single three-blade rotor originally powered by a 75 horsepower (56 kW) engine. The first "free"
Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Bridge Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Bridge The Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Bridge (also known as the Sikorsky Memorial Bridge, and the Housatonic River Bridge) carries the limited-access Connecticut Route 15 over the Housatonic River, between Stratford and Milford, Connecticut. The first bridge, known as the Sikorsky Bridge (not to be confused with the new Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Bridge's name), on the site, was completed in 1940, marking the completion of the Merritt Parkway and the starting point for construction of the adjoining Wilbur Cross Parkway, September 2, 1940. It featured two narrow lanes in each direction and open steel grid