Igor Sikorsky being used in most helicopters produced today. Igor Sikorsky was also on the board of directors for the Tolstoy Foundation Center in Valley Cottage, New York. Sikorsky was married to Olga Fyodorovna Simkovitch in the Russian Empire. They were divorced and Olga remained in Russia with their daughter, Tania, as Sikorsky departed after the October Revolution. In 1923, Sikorsky's sisters immigrated to the US, bringing six-year-old Tania with them. Sikorsky married Elisabeth Semion (1903–1995) in 1924, in New York. Sikorsky and Elisabeth had four sons; Sergei, Nikolai, Igor Jr. and George. Sikorsky died at his home in Easton, Connecticut, on
Sikorsky S-8 fabric covering between the wing root and first rib. On the evening of 17 September 1912, Sikorsky piloted the S-8 on a ninety minute night flight from the Korpusnoi Aerodrome near Saint Petersburg. He landed with help of fires set at the airfield. Sikorsky S-8 The Sikorsky S-8 "Malyutka" (baby) was a small Russian single engine aircraft built by the Russian Baltic Railroad Car Works shortly after Igor Sikorsky became chief engineer of the aircraft manufacturing division in 1912. The S-8 was a two bay biplane trainer powered by a Gnome air-cooled rotary engine with the main wings and landing