Mil Mi-2
Sign in to saveAlso known as H-41, HT-41, WSK-Swidnik Mi-2, Hoplite, Mi-2
utility helicopter family by Mil
Key facts
- Type
- Utility helicopter
- Designer
- Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant
- Built by
- PZL-Świdnik
- Status
- In service
- Primary users
- Soviet Air Force (historical) Polish Armed Forces , Aeroflot (historical)
- Number built
- 5,497
- Manufactured
- 1964–1998
- First flight
- 22 September 1961
- Developed from
- Mil Mi-1
- Variant
- PZL Kania
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Design and development
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mil Mi-2” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.