Fedor Ivanovich Bylinkin was an aircraft designer and builder in
Russia
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before
World War I
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. He designed and built a monoplane in 1910 similar to the
Antoinette VI which succeeded in reaching 200 m of flight. A later
biplane design proved a failure.
Bylinkin had earlier joined with
Igor Sikorsky
Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky (russian: И́горь Ива́нович Сико́рский, p=ˈiɡərʲ ɪˈvanəvitʃ sʲɪˈkorskʲɪj, a=Ru-Igor Sikorsky.ogg, tr. ''Ígor' Ivánovich Sikórskiy''; May 25, 1889 – October 26, 1972)Fortie ...
to design a
biplane featuring a 15 hp
Anzani
Anzani was an engine manufacturer founded by the Italian Alessandro Anzani (1877–1956), which produced proprietary engines for aircraft, cars, boats, and motorcycles in factories in Britain, France and Italy.
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From his native Italy, An ...
engine in
pusher configuration. This design was later rebuilt to address a lack of power, installing a 25 hp
Anzani
Anzani was an engine manufacturer founded by the Italian Alessandro Anzani (1877–1956), which produced proprietary engines for aircraft, cars, boats, and motorcycles in factories in Britain, France and Italy.
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From his native Italy, An ...
in a
tractor configuration
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. This design, dubbed the
BIS-2, was flown for the first time by Sikorsky on 3 June 1910. Maximum distance achieved by this design was 600 m and maximum flight time was 42 seconds.
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Aircraft manufacturers of Russia