Leonardo da Vinci was Russian?

 Nice to see you as correct as you usually are.

 At any rate, it was more arguably the Chinese, around 400 BC.

 Of course, with the invention of the counter-torque tail rotor, and the
first mass production run for military and civilian use, it was the
Americans that made it work.

 Just about every "civilized" country developed some aspect of vertical
lift craft, or Gyroplane, or Helicopter (term coined by the French).

 Except third world shitholes like yours, of course.

 Have you guys invented -anything- besides public fornication and
beastiality?

there's one of your logical leaps?????  When was the helicopter
mentioned???  Leonardo had drawings of a helicopter long before the Russians

You're quite welcome.

Sure about that?
http://inventors.about.com/od/hstartinventions/a/helicopter.htm

http://www.sikorskyarchives.com/siksky2.html
<quote>
After another fruitless search for some position in aviation, Mr. Sikorsky
resorted to teaching. He lectured in New York, mostly to fellow emigres.
Finally, in 1923, a group of students and friends who knew of his reputation
in prewar Russia pooled their meager resources and launched him on his first
American aviation venture, The Sikorsky Aero Engineering Corp.

The first aircraft built by the young and financially insecure concern was
the S-29-A (for America), a twin-engine, all-metal transport which proved a
forerunner of the modern airliner. A number of aircraft followed but the
company achieved its most significant success with the twin-engine S-38
amphibian, which Pan American Airways used to open new air routes to Central
and South America. Later, as a subsidiary of United Aircraft Corporation
(now United Technologies) Sikorsky's company produced the famous Flying
Clippers that pioneered commercial air transportation across both the
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The last Sikorsky flying boat, the S-44, held
the Blue Ribbon for the fastest trans-Atlantic passage for years. All
Sikorsky aircraft of the time were known for ease of handling and luxurious
comfort.

With two careers behind him and the oceans conquered, Mr. Sikorsky turned
once again to the helicopter. Through the years he had jotted down ideas for
possible designs, some of which were patented.

Finally, on September 14, 1939, Mr. Sikorsky took his VS-300 a few feet off
the ground to give the western hemisphere its first practical helicopter.
His dogged determination and faith in his own ability to build what many
considered to be an impossible vehicle established the bedrock upon which
today's helicopter industry rests.
<quote>

Dennis