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Mi-26
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1977 transport helicopter family by Mil
Key facts
- Type
- Heavy lift transport helicopter
- National origin
- Soviet Union / Russia
- Manufacturer
- Rostvertol
- Designer
- Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant
- Status
- In service
- Primary users
- Russian Aerospace Forces Indian Air Force , Aeroflot , Algerian Air Force
- Number built
- Over 300 as of 2015
- Manufactured
- 1980–present
- First flight
- 14 December 1977
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Operator
- Russian Air Force
- Country of origin
- Russia
- Developer
- Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant
- Diameter
- 32
- Manufacturer
- Rostvertol
- Image
- MAKS Airshow 2013 (Ramenskoye Airport, Russia) (522-03).jpg
- Length
- 33.7
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- total produced
- 318
- first flight
- 1977-12-14
- Commons category
- Mil Mi-26
- NATO reporting name
- Halo
- powered by
- Lotarev D-136
- Commons gallery
- Mil Mi-26
- service entry
- 1985-00-00
Sources (3)
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
The Mil Mi-26 (Russian: Миль Ми-26, NATO reporting name: Halo) is a Soviet/Russian heavy transport helicopter. Its product code is Izdeliye 90. Operated by both military and civilian operators, it is the largest helicopter to have gone into serial production.
Design and development
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mi-26” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.