Mil helicopters


Mil Mi-1 Mil Mi-1

1948

Mikhail Mil, who must rank with Igor Sikorsky as one of the world's leading exponents ...

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Design work on the Mi-4 helicopter started in the second half of 1951 and the ...

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Mil Mi-4

1952

Mil Mi-4

Mil Mi-6 Mil Mi-6

1957

For more than ten years the Mi-6 has remained, dimensionally at least, the world's largest ...

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Experimental 4-seat light helicopter with egg-shaped fuselage, skid u/c, thin triangulated tail boom structure, powered ...

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Mil V-7

1959

Mil V-7

Mil V-5 Mil V-5

1959 - project


First demonstrated publicly at Tushino in July 1961, the Mi-10 is a flying crane ...

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Mil Mi-10

1960

Mil Mi-10

Mil V-8 Mil V-8

1961

Mi-8 prototype incorporating Mi-4 main rotor and transmission and one 2700shp Soloviev AI-24V turbine ...

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The Mi-2 is basically a turbine-powered development of the Mi-1 in which, by mounting two ...

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Mil Mi-2

1961

Mil Mi-2

Mil Mi-3 Mil Mi-3

1964 - project

One of the planned Mi-2 derivatives. Mock-up only. Project cancelled due to lack of suitable ...

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The third of Mikhail Mil's current quartet of turbine-powered helicopters, the Mi-8, appeared in prototype ...

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Mil Mi-8

1964

Mil Mi-8

Mil Mi-10K Mil Mi-10K

1965

First displayed publicly in Moscow on 26 March 1966, the Mi-10K is a development of ...

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Mil Mi-22

1965 - project

Mil Mi-22

Mil Mi-20 Mil Mi-20

1966 - project


By far largest helicopter ever built, this was unusual extrapolation of Mi-6 a decade later ...

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Mil Mi-12

1967

Mil Mi-12

Mil V-16 Mil V-16

1967 - project

V-16 helicopter project of side-by-side twin rotor design with two high-power turboshafts, low-rotating turbines and ...

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Mi-12M project with two D-30V high-power turboshafts and six-blade rotors ...

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Mil Mi-12M

1967 - project

Mil Mi-12M

Mil Mi-14 Mil Mi-14

1967

Very little is known as yet of the Mil Mi-14, a derivative of the Mi-8 ...

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The Mi-24, which has the NATO reporting name 'Hind', was developed during the mid-1960s to ...

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Mil Mi-24

1969

Mil Mi-24

Mil Mi-26 Mil Mi-26

1977

The Mi-26, which was seen in public for the first time at the 1981 Paris ...

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Mi-17 with 0.9m fuselage extension, retractable undercarriage and modified cabin doors. Prototype only ...

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Mil Mi-18

1979

Mil Mi-18

Mil Mi-17 Mil Mi-17

1981

The Mi-17 retains the codename 'Hip-H', denoting its derivation from the Mi-8 design. First identified ...

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First flown in November 1982, and designed to fulfil the same role as the American ...

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Mil Mi-28

1982

Mil Mi-28

Mil Mi-34 Mil Mi-34

1986

Codenamed 'Hermit' by NATO, theMi-34 is a two/four-seat light helicopter in the same class as ...

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The "Night Havoc" helicopter first flew in November 1996 and the test procedures are scheduled ...

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Mil Mi-28N

1996

Mil Mi-28N

Mil Mi-24VM Mil Mi-24VM

1998

Thirty years ago, the Mi-24 helicopter, developed in compliance with the ideas of General Designer ...

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Mil Mi-30

project

Mil Mi-30

Mil Mi-32 Mil Mi-32

1982 - project

A project of the heavy flying crane helicopter with a take-off weight of 140 tons ...

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Mil Mi-36

project

Mil Mi-36

Mil Mi-38 Mil Mi-38

project

TYPE: Medium transport helicopter.@@@PROGRAMME: Design begun in 1983; model shown at 1989Paris Air Show, when ...

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The Mi-40 is a sort of 'rotary-wing infantry fighting vehicle' relying on the Mi-28's rotor ...

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Mil Mi-40

project

Mil Mi-40

Mil Mi-42 Mil Mi-42

project

The Mi-40 programme was first launched as early back as in 1983 to be suspended ...

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Mil Mi-44

project

Mil Mi-44

Mil Mi-46 Mil Mi-46

project

Project to replace Mi-6 (Mi-46T) and Mi-10K (Mi-46K). Modern design, just over half weight ...

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Light utility helicopter to carry pilot and two passengers or 250kg. Advanced 4-blade rotor, T-tail ...

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Mil Mi-52

project

Mil Mi-52

Mil Mi-54 Mil Mi-54

project

TYPE: Twin-turbine commercial utility helicopter.@@@PROGRAMME: Project announced summer 1992; at preliminary design stage by 1993 ...

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TYPE: Twin-turbine passenger helicopter.@@@PROGRAMME: Announced at 1995 Paris Air Show; based on Mi-28 gunship; planned ...

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Mil Mi-58

project

Mil Mi-58

Mil Mi-60MAI Mil Mi-60MAI

project

TYPE: Three-seat helicopter.PROGRAMME: Announced July 2000, when mockup under construction at Kazan helicopter factory; this ...

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