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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-Świdnik" in Poland. Nearly 5,500 were made by the time production stopped in 1999, and it remains in service globally.
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 development; Mil Mi-46, 1992 - Projected passenger ...
The Mi-2 was the lightest helicopter in large-scale use in the former USSR, despite being larger than most light Western helicopters. At first Kazan Helicopters wanted to develop a helicopter based on the AS 350 Ecureuil in cooperation with Eurocopter, but it failed. As a result, in 1993 Kazan Helicopters organized its own design bureau in ...
The Mil Mi-3 was a Soviet light-utility helicopter originally designed in the 1960s as a heavier and larger version of the Mil Mi-2 helicopter. It is also a Russian designation for the Polish-Soviet co-operation on larger helicopters based on the Mi-2 that could replace the Mi-4 from 1971. The project never passed the stage of design.
The Mil Mi-22 (Cyrillic Миль Ми-22) was a 1960s Soviet project to develop a military transport helicopter. [1] It was a development of the Mil Mi-2 , but did not enter production when the Soviet military selected the Mil Mi-24 for this role instead. [ 1 ]
The first prototype, utilizing a modified Mi-2 airframe, was flown on 3 June 1979. [3] Two prototypes were made and two pre-series machines. Tests conducted during the early 1980s led to certification according to FAR-29, in February 1986. [2] The prototype SP-SSC took part in the 5th Helicopter World Championships in Castle Ashby in 1986. [2]
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The Mil Mi-22 designation was assigned to two unrelated helicopter designs by Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant: an unbuilt transport helicopter developed from the Mil Mi-2 in 1965; an airborne command post developed from the Mil Mi-6 which entered service in 1975