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Flight Craft 10: MIL´ MI-6/-26: Heavy Lift Helicopters
Yefim Gordon
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Description for Flight Craft 10: MIL´ MI-6/-26: Heavy Lift Helicopters
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Developed in the early 1950s to meet a Soviet Army requirement and first flown in June 1957, the Mi-6 was the largest-yet helicopter created in the Soviet Union. Its notable features included a power-plant consisting of two turbo-shaft engines (for the first time on a Soviet helicopter) and stub wings offloading the main rotor in forward flight; the cabin was big enough to accommodate artillery systems and tactical ballistic missiles. Built by two plants, the Mi-6 saw service with the Soviet Air Force (including participation in the Afghan War) and the air arms of several Soviet allies. It also proved ... Read more
Developed in the early 1950s to meet a Soviet Army requirement and first flown in June 1957, the Mi-6 was the largest-yet helicopter created in the Soviet Union. Its notable features included a power-plant consisting of two turbo-shaft engines (for the first time on a Soviet helicopter) and stub wings offloading the main rotor in forward flight; the cabin was big enough to accommodate artillery systems and tactical ballistic missiles. Built by two plants, the Mi-6 saw service with the Soviet Air Force (including participation in the Afghan War) and the air arms of several Soviet allies. It also proved ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
426g
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781473823891
SKU
V9781473823891
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2
About Yefim Gordon
Yefim Gordon was born in 1950 in Vilnius, Lithuania. He has been researching Soviet and Russian aviation history for more than 40 years and has one of the world's largest photograph and document archives on the subject. A professional aviation journalist and photographer since 1989, Yefim Gordon has published hundreds of features and photographs in Soviet, Russian and foreign ... Read more
Reviews for Flight Craft 10: MIL´ MI-6/-26: Heavy Lift Helicopters
An interesting book that fills one serious gap in the field of publications dedicated to helicopters.
Rivista Italiana Difesa (05/01/2017) Happy owners of the models Amodel, Zvezda or Revell at 1/72 or Eastern model at 1/144, here finally the documentation to better know the Russian flying crane
Cocardes, December 2016/January 2017
Rivista Italiana Difesa (05/01/2017) Happy owners of the models Amodel, Zvezda or Revell at 1/72 or Eastern model at 1/144, here finally the documentation to better know the Russian flying crane
Cocardes, December 2016/January 2017