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The Mi-4 was designed in response to the American H-19 Chickasaw and the deployment of U.S. helicopters during the Korean War.While the Mi-4 strongly resembles the H-19 Chickasaw in general layout, including the innovative engine position in front of the cockpit, it is a larger helicopter, able to lift more weight and built in larger numbers.
Mil Mi-46, 1992 - Projected passenger/cargo/flying crane helicopter; Mil Mi-52, projected four-seat light utility helicopter; Mil Mi-54, 1992 - multirole helicopter (Project) Mil Mi-58, 1995 - Projected passenger helicopter based on the Mi-28, unbuilt; Mil Mi-60 MAI, 2001 - Two-seat light helicopter designed in collaboration with Moscow ...
On 4 December 2003, a Mil Mi-8P helicopter crashed near Piaseczno, Poland, injuring 8 or 14 people on board, including Polish Prime Minister Leszek Miller. [58] On 11 September 2006, a Mil Mi-8 helicopter was shotdown by militant group Kataib al-Khoul near Vladikavkaz, Russia, killing 12 of the 16 people on board. [59]
Mil's creations won many domestic and international awards and set 69 world records. Most notably, the Mil Mi-4 won a gold medal in the Brussels International Exposition in 1958. In 1971, after his death, his Mil Mi-12 (production name of V-12 prototype) won the Sikorsky Prize as the most powerful helicopter in the world. Unlike his Soviet ...
The Mi-26 was designed to replace earlier Mi-6 and Mi-12 heavy lift helicopters and act as a heavy-lift helicopter for military and civil use, having twice the cabin space and payload of the Mi-6, then the world's largest and fastest production helicopter. The primary purpose of the Mi-26 was to transport military equipment such as 13-tonne ...
The Mil Mi-38 is a transport helicopter designed by Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant and being developed by Kazan Helicopters. Originally intended as a replacement for the Mil Mi-8 and the Mi-17, it is being marketed in both military and civil versions. [6] It flew for the first time on 22 December 2003 and was certified on 30 December 2015. [7]
Four people are dead, including a child, after a helicopter crashed into a radio tower in Houston Sunday night, according to authorities. "This is a tragic event tonight," Houston Police Chief J ...
The Mil Mi-2 (NATO reporting name Hoplite) is a small, three rotor blade Soviet-designed multi-purpose helicopter developed by the Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant, designed in the early 1960s and produced exclusively by WSK "PZL-Ĺwidnik" in Poland. Nearly 5,500 were made by the time production stopped in 1999, and it remains in service globally.