New museum exhibit to honor aviation pioneer Igor I. Sikorsky

Sacred Heart University”™s Discovery Science Center & Planetarium (DSCP) will host an Oct. 2 ribbon-cutting ceremony to open of a new exhibit honoring the legacy of founder of Igor I. Sikorsky, founder of the Stratford-based Sikorsky Aircraft.

The new exhibit is being added to DSCP”™s existing “Science in Flight” gallery and offers a large graphic timeline of Sikorsky”™s life and accomplishments.

“It”™s really an excellent piece to spark intergenerational learning,” said DSCP Executive Director Erika Eng. “Grandparents and their grandchildren can have real conversations around innovation and flight and, of course, Sikorsky”™s brilliance. We even have a video of flight footage donated by the Archives running on a loop outside of the flight simulator, which also features actual decommissioned helicopter cockpit pieces, generously donated by Sikorsky,” she added.

Photo: Igor I. Sikorsky in 1914.