Berkut
05-05-04, 14:50
Big Ass Helo. Saw it on the way to the Black Sea back in 2000. Stoped along side the road, and took pics, but I dont have scanner.
Russian Mi-26
http://www.militaryimages.net/photopost/data/524/Mi-26-Kabul1.jpg
Image Courtesey of Matzos
Nicknamed "the cow", the Mil Mi-26 is the heaviest and most powerful helicopter in the world.
Conceived in the early 1970s, the Mi-26 is designed to carry up to 20 tons of troops and equipment.
It was designed to have a maximum takeoff weight one and a half times that of any other helicopter.
The Mi-26 is a mainstay of the Russia military
The Mi-26 can lift more than twice the payload of an American CH-47 Chinook.
Its weightlifting capabilities are more comparable with a C-130 Hercules aircraft.
Although mainly in military use, the Mi-26 was originally intended for civil use.
Development work began in 1977 and the first machines rolled off assembly lines in 1980.
The first machines are believed to have become operational in 1985.
The huge, slow-flying craft has seen extensive service in Chechnya since the mid-1990s.
Sorry images removed again they are linked to several other websites which cannot possibly be yours. berkut this is bandwidth theft we cannot allow these images to remain on the forums.
sorry, again.
If you have any questions please e mail me and I will answer them for you (Y)
I have added a picture of the Mi-26 to your post from our Galleries kilt;
Russian Mi-26
http://www.militaryimages.net/photopost/data/524/Mi-26-Kabul1.jpg
Image Courtesey of Matzos
Nicknamed "the cow", the Mil Mi-26 is the heaviest and most powerful helicopter in the world.
Conceived in the early 1970s, the Mi-26 is designed to carry up to 20 tons of troops and equipment.
It was designed to have a maximum takeoff weight one and a half times that of any other helicopter.
The Mi-26 is a mainstay of the Russia military
The Mi-26 can lift more than twice the payload of an American CH-47 Chinook.
Its weightlifting capabilities are more comparable with a C-130 Hercules aircraft.
Although mainly in military use, the Mi-26 was originally intended for civil use.
Development work began in 1977 and the first machines rolled off assembly lines in 1980.
The first machines are believed to have become operational in 1985.
The huge, slow-flying craft has seen extensive service in Chechnya since the mid-1990s.
Sorry images removed again they are linked to several other websites which cannot possibly be yours. berkut this is bandwidth theft we cannot allow these images to remain on the forums.
sorry, again.
If you have any questions please e mail me and I will answer them for you (Y)
I have added a picture of the Mi-26 to your post from our Galleries kilt;