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The Mil Mi-17 (NATO reporting name: Hip) is a Soviet-designed Russian military helicopter family introduced in 1975 (Mi-8M), continuing in production as of 2024 at two factories, in Kazan and Ulan-Ude.
On 18 September 1981, a Mil Mi-8T helicopter collided with a Yakovlev Yak-40 east of Zheleznogorsk-Ilimsky, Russia, killing all seven crew on the helicopter and all thirty-three people on the Yak-40. [55] On 17 September 2001, a Mil Mi-8 helicopter was shotdown by a Chechen group in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia, killing all 13 people on board. [56]
Mil V-16, 1967 - heavy cargo/transport helicopter project; Mil Mi-17, 1974 - Transportation helicopter. NATO reporting name Hip-H. Known as Mi-8M in Russia. List of Mil Mi-8/17 operators; Mil Mi-18, 1979 - prototype lengthened version of Mi-17; Mil Mi-19, - Airborne command post variant of Mi-17; Mil Mi-20, 1966 - super light helicopter; mockup ...
The upgraded aircraft is comparable to a new variant, the Mi-26T. Contract completion was planned for 2015. The contract also covered the production of 22 new Mi-26T helicopters. Eight new-built helicopters were delivered to operational units by January 2012. [11] Under the 2010 contract, 17 new-production helicopters were delivered by 2014. [12]
Kazan Helicopters, Joint Stock Company is a Russian helicopter manufacturing company based at Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan. It is one of the largest helicopter manufacturers in the world. [2] Its products include the Mil Mi-8 and Mil Mi-17 helicopters. [2] It is the only producer of the military version of the Mi-17 helicopter. [3]
The Mi-24, along with the related Mi-8 and Mi-17 helicopters, had its engines placed in an inline configuration in an attempt to streamline the helicopter to increase speed and minimize the aircraft's overall frontal profile to incoming fire in a head on attack.
The Klimov TV3-117 is a Soviet gas turbine aero engine.This engine was first made and designed by Klimov which in modern day is a aerospace manufacturer based in Saint Petersburg Russia.Moreover The Klimov TV3-117 engine was developed as an advanced version of the Klimov TV2-117, incorporating significant improvements in performance and reliability. [1]
HAL has commented that the company has been examining the prospects of the indigenously developed MLH essentially replacing the Mi-17 helicopters that are in widespread use both abroad and in India, especially by its heavy use by most frontline operations by the Indian Air Force; possessing broadly specifications, the fledgling rotorcraft is to ...