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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 Mi-26 had been carrying machines from Konkan Railway to Jammu–Baramulla line project. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Two of the remaining three Mi-26s were grounded on completion of their total technical life in September 2013 and August 2014, respectively; a proposal of having the helicopters shipped to the Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant for refurbishment has ...
While the CH-47 Chinook is a large helicopter by American standards, its payload of 28,000 lb (13,000 kg) is dwarfed by the huge Soviet-Russian heavy-lift helicopters such as the Mil Mi-26, with 44,000 lb (20,000 kg) payload, and the experimental Mil V-12, with 55,000 to 88,000 lb (25,000 to 40,000 kg) payload. For a long time Boeing and the US ...
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 ...
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The Chinook became famous for the singer’s image and Richie himself met with past crew members. “This is incredible,” Richie said in a 2012 CBS story when he saw the aircraft in person. “I ...
The decision was made to transport the helicopter by air and the task was assigned to the US Army's 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. [1] In April 1988, the unit began training for the mission with night-time flights of MH-47 Chinook helicopters around White Sands, New Mexico. One of the Chinooks carried an external, slung-load of six ...
JROTC students from Perry and McKinley high schools got a ride on a CH-47 Chinook helicopter on Thursday, opening their eyes to different careers.