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Igor Sikorsky
Igor Sikorsky
American engineer
Dick Smith
Australian aviator and businessman
Bell Jet Ranger 206-B
Charles Wilfred Butler
American industrial designer
Hanna Reitsch
German aviator
Aleksandr Sergeyevich Yakovlev
Aleksandr Sergeyevich Yakovlev
Soviet aircraft designer
Paul Cornu
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