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ILLUSTRATIONS | ix |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | xi |
Out of the Blue | |
OUT OF THE BLUE | 1 |
The Memoirs | |
1. A RUSSIAN YOUTH | 15 |
Loves and a Marriage | 20 |
Sikorsky I: The Russian Years | 22 |
More Loves, Another Marriage | 24 |
2. WAR IN THE MOUNTAINS | 27 |
A War of Movement | 38 |
An Austrian Defeat | 40 |
Hilltop Battlefields | 49 |
While Rome Burned | 60 |
The Unknown War | 63 |
John Reed Sees the Russian Retreat | 66 |
3. WAR IN THE AIR | 69 |
The Air War in the East | 77 |
The Other Side | 87 |
4. REVOLUTION AND UPHEAVAL | 97 |
Sergievsky: An Ace for the Tsar? | 98 |
The War Winds Down | 101 |
The Russian Civil War | 105 |
A Letter of Recommendation | 111 |
5. ON TO NEW WORLDS | 123 |
Sikorsky II: Starting Afresh in America | 124 |
Russian Contributions to American Aviation | 128 |
The Problems of Flying in Colombia | 132 |
High Life at the Sergievskys' Villa | 136 |
Sergievsky, Lindbergh, and the Sikorsky S-36 | 141 |
Sergievsky and the Hamilton Metalplane | 143 |
6. FLYING FOR SIKORSKY OVER TWO CONTINENTS | 145 |
The Sikorsky S-38 | 147 |
An Admiring Poet | 152 |
The Sikorsky S-40 | 174 |
Sikorsky III: The Dream Comes True | 176 |
A Test Pilot's Report | 179 |
7. FLIGHT OVER AFRICA | 183 |
Hollywood Meets Africa | 184 |
The Sikorsky S-39 | 190 |
Running on Empty over the Jungle | 198 |
8. FROM A WORLD'S FAIR TO WORLD RECORDS | 209 |
The Sikorsky S-42 | 214 |
Flying On | |
FLYING ON | 227 |
Chief Test Pilot | 229 |
The Sikorsky S-43 | 231 |
Sergievsky, de Bothezat, and the Helicopter | |
Corporation of America | 235 |
Yet Another Divorce, Yet Another Marriage | 241 |
Sergievsky Goes to War Again | 245 |
Sergievsky's Women | 250 |
The Mallard Years, 1946-1965 | 253 |
NOTES | 261 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 265 |
INDEX | 269 |
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