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Mi-26 Helicopter - A Gem Of Berlin Aerospace Show
Posted on 05/10/2004 1:00:25 PM PDT by knighthawk
MOSCOW, May 10 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian Mi-26 helicopter, the heaviest one in the world, will be a hit at the ILA-2004 International Aerospace Show, which opened at Schoenfeld Airport near Berlin.
"The Mi-26 military transport helicopter, designed for airlifting of troops with arms and military hardware and carrying of up to 20 tons of cargo will doubtlessly evoke interest among experts at the air show. In an airborne version the helicopter is capable of carrying up to 82 members of a landing party," said a spokesman for Rosoboronexport, a state intermediary company promoting Russian arms and military equipment abroad.
According to him, Mi-26 helicopters already have a long record of service in many countries, including Malaysia, South Korea, Thailand, Cambodia, Peru and Somalia.
"At the aerospace show experts will also be able to get detailed information about the Mi-171-Sh military transport helicopter manufactured at an aircraft-building works in the city of Ulan Ude," he said. It is a modernized version of the Mi-171 cargo and passenger helicopter and is being effectively promoted by Rosoboronexport in various regions of the world," the spokesman told RIA Novosti.
He pointed out in this connection that "helicopter manufacturers in the West show interest in cooperating with their Russian colleagues in what regards heavy helicopters."
The Rosoboronexport spokesman explains this interest by the leading positions occupied by Russian designers and manufacturers in this sphere. "It is for this reason that, in response to the requests of France and Germany, the Russian side plans also performing demonstration flights of Mi-26 in these countries, and a joint meeting of Russian and NATO experts, at which the Russian experience in manufacturing heavy helicopters will be studied, is slated for September this year," the spokesman said.
TOPICS: News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: berlin; helicopter; mi26; miltech; russia
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posted on
05/10/2004 1:00:46 PM PDT
by
knighthawk
(Some people say that we'll get nowhere at all, let 'em tear down the world but we ain't gonna fall)
To: knighthawk
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To: knighthawk
I couldn't resist....
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posted on
05/10/2004 1:03:46 PM PDT
by
Hodar
(With Rights, comes Responsibilities. Don't assume one, without assuming the other.)
To: knighthawk
forgive the ignorant question, but ...
=== an airborne version
as opposed to ... what?
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posted on
05/10/2004 1:04:05 PM PDT
by
Askel5
To: knighthawk
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posted on
05/10/2004 1:04:54 PM PDT
by
My2Cents
("Well...there you go again.")
To: Psycho_Bunny
You have spent too much time around Hueys!
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posted on
05/10/2004 1:06:03 PM PDT
by
B4Ranch
( If everything appears to be going well, you obviously don't know what the hell is going on.)
To: knighthawk
Think "C-130 with VTOL capability." Wow!
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posted on
05/10/2004 1:07:24 PM PDT
by
Snickersnee
(Where are we going? And what's with this handbasket???)
To: knighthawk
It doesn't seem to so much fly as it seems to hover about like a bumblebee.
Both fly despite physics.
*chuckle*
but it is a neat helo.
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posted on
05/10/2004 1:07:38 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(I am Darksheare, and my tagline has no point. 'Tis a pointless tagline, which is the point.)
To: My2Cents
It looks like an Orca on steroids..
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posted on
05/10/2004 1:08:28 PM PDT
by
ken5050
(Ann Coulter needs to have children ASAP to propagate her genes.....any volunteers?)
To: My2Cents
That's one big mutha.
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posted on
05/10/2004 1:10:57 PM PDT
by
Skooz
(My Biography: Psalm 40:1-3)
To: B4Ranch
Serious question...given the fact that combat in Iraq has exposed the increased vulnerability of choppers on the modern battlefield, even the mobile attack helicopters...what's the rational for having what is essetially a "much bigger target?"..To be blunt, rememebr the terrible news reports when a Blackhawk ferryign troops back was hit, killing 10 0or 12. Awful story..Now imaging one of these going down, with 50 or more troops on it..
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posted on
05/10/2004 1:14:33 PM PDT
by
ken5050
(Ann Coulter needs to have children ASAP to propagate her genes.....any volunteers?)
To: knighthawk
IIRC, there were pictures of Mi-26s hauling dump bucket after dump bucket of wet concrete to bury the No. 4 reactor at Chernobyl when it melted down in the 1980's.
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posted on
05/10/2004 1:15:49 PM PDT
by
Captain Rhino
("If you will just abandon logic, these things will make a lot more sense to you!")
To: Askel5
Probably a commercial passenger version, if built for that purpose.
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posted on
05/10/2004 1:17:22 PM PDT
by
NCC-1701
(Support Mel Gibson and "The Passion of the Christ")
To: Hodar
Reminds me of the Huey we had at aircraft mechanics school. It was donated by the Army and listed as inoperable. Unfortunately for the instructors most of us were former military mechanics getting our civilian certification. One of the guys that I worked with at the airport just happened to be a Marine Reserve Cobra pilot. Bad combination. Talk about parts falling off! It's a wonder we are still alive.
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posted on
05/10/2004 1:17:38 PM PDT
by
dljordan
To: ken5050
That happened in Chechenya. MANPAD bagged a full Mi-26 doing a troop rotation; 100+ body count, IIRC.
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posted on
05/10/2004 1:17:54 PM PDT
by
Captain Rhino
("If you will just abandon logic, these things will make a lot more sense to you!")
To: Skooz
Pretty big for a single engine chopper.
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posted on
05/10/2004 1:22:06 PM PDT
by
My2Cents
("Well...there you go again.")
To: Skooz
I would love to see a side-by-side comparrison of thie monster vs a Super Super SeaKnight(?), or whatever those huge Sykorsky's were called used for aircrew extractions and other duty in Vietnam. That would be a sight to behold.
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posted on
05/10/2004 1:22:22 PM PDT
by
NCC-1701
(Support Mel Gibson and "The Passion of the Christ")
To: dljordan
Kewl story!
How high did you maniacs go?
Awesome!
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posted on
05/10/2004 1:22:39 PM PDT
by
Bon mots
To: Hodar
People say about the H-53 (a US helo) that if the hydraulic fluid stops leaking out LAND because you are out of hydraulic fluid.
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posted on
05/10/2004 1:27:58 PM PDT
by
Veloxherc
(To go up pull back, to go down pull back all the way.)
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