![]() Igor Sikorsky (1889-1972) was a Russian-American aviation pioneer, best known for the development of the first viable helicopter. This memoir by Ernst Heinkel was first published in German, titled Stürmisches Leben, and later published in America with the title Stormy Life: Memoirs of a Pioneer of the Air Age. Signed on the front free endpaper: “With best wishes! Ernst Heinkel. Laid-in mailing envelope addressed to Sikorsky, with copies of letters between Heinkel and Sikorsky regarding this book, from the Sikorsky Archives in Stratford, CT. In the publisher’s first state dust jacket, price on front flap, short closed tear to top edge of rear panel, two closed tears to front panel, reinforced with tape, a very good example. Complete with 82 black and white illustrations. Free of any marks or notations, faint rubbing to top edge of spine, a near fine example. ![]() ![]() Stated “first published 1956” on copyright page. First English edition of He 1000, the memoirs of German aircraft designer Ernst Heinkel, inscribed to a fellow aviation pioneer, Igor Sikorsky. ![]()
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