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Mil was established in 1947 under the guidance of Mikhail Mil as the helicopter laboratory of the Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute in Zhukovsky, Moscow Oblast. [4]The Mil Mi-1 became the first mass-produced Soviet helicopter. [4]
The Mil Mi-24 (Russian: Миль Ми-24; NATO reporting name: Hind) is a large helicopter gunship, attack helicopter and low-capacity troop transport with room for eight passengers. [1] It is produced by Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant and was introduced by the Soviet Air Force in 1972. The helicopter is currently in use by 58 countries.
Mil Mi-36, light multipurpose helicopter project; Mil V-37, 2012 - planned cargo/passenger helicopter; Mil Mi-38, 2000 - multi purpose helicopter; Mil Mi-40, 1983 - Projected armed transport version of Mi-28, unbuilt; Mil Mi-42, 1985 - Projected assault/transport NOTAR helicopter, unbuilt; Mil Mi-44, utility helicopter based on the Mi-34; in ...
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]
On 23 September 2006, a Mil Mi-8 MTV 1 helicopter crashed in Ghunsa, Nepal, killing all 24 people on board. [60] On 27 April 2007, a Mil Mi-8 helicopter crashed near Shatoy, Chechnya, Russia, killing all 20 people on board. [61] On 3 June 2007, a Mil Mi-8 helicopter crashed in Lungi, Sierra Leone, killing all 22 people on board. [62]
The Mil Mi-26 (Russian: Миль Ми-26, NATO reporting name: Halo) is a Soviet/Russian heavy transport helicopter. Its product code is Izdeliye 90 . Operated by both military and civilian operators, it is the largest helicopter to have gone into serial production .
The Mil Mi-60 MAI (Cyrillic: Миль Ми-60 МАИ) was a joint project between Mil and the Moscow Aviation Institute to develop a light utility helicopter. [3] A mockup was displayed at the MAKS 2001 air show, [2] [3] [4] where Russian aerospace journal Aviatsiya i Kosmonavtika (Авиация и космонавтика; "Aviation and Space") described it as a "little brother" to the Mil ...
Mikhail Mil began work on rotary-winged aircraft before 1930, but the Mi-1, his first production helicopter, was begun in 1946, under a designation EG-1. In 1947 Mil became a head of OKB-4 design bureau in Tushino, and works were intensified. A final design was named GM-1 (for Gyelikopter Mila, Mil's Helicopter). Soviet engineers tried to ...