Igor Vasilevich Bensen ( Russian : И́горь Васи́льевич Бенсен ; April 1, 1917 – February 10, 2000) was a Russian-American engineer. He founded Bensen Aircraft , a US company which produced a successful line of gyrogliders (rotor kites) and autogyros .
2-618: The Bensen Aircraft Corporation was established by Dr. Igor Bensen at Raleigh-Durham International Airport in North Carolina in 1952 to develop and market a variety of helicopters and autogyros of Bensen's own design. The most successful product was the Bensen B-8 that first flew in 1955 and remained in production until the company closed down in 1987. Igor Bensen He was born in Rostov-on-Don , Russia , and eventually reached
4-710: The United States in 1937. He began studies at age 17 while in Belgium , won a scholarship to study in the US three years later. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey in 1940, later becoming a Registered Professional Engineer . Bensen flew his first towed gyroglider in 1954. He founded the Popular Rotorcraft Association (PRA) in 1962,
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