Mil Mi-26
A Mi-26TC in firefighter role in action over Athens
Type	Helicopter
Manufacturer	Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant
Maiden flight	14 December 1977
Introduction	1983
Status	Active
Primary users	Russian Air Force Aeroflot
Produced	1981 to present
Number built	200
Developed from	Mil Mi-6

The Mil Mi-26 (Russian Миль Ми-26, NATO reporting name "Halo") is a Russian/Soviet heavy transport helicopter in service in civilian and military roles. History Since 400 AD Chinese children have played with bamboo flying toys. An aerospace manufacturer is a company or individual involved in the various aspects of designing building testing selling and maintaining Aircraft, Aircraft parts Mil Helicopters (Миль is the short name of the Soviet Russian Helicopter producer Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant (Московский вертолетный завод The maiden flight of an Aircraft is the first occasion on which an aircraft leaves the ground of its own accord Events 1287 - St Lucia's flood: The Zuider Zee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses killing over 50000 people Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1983: Events January January 1 - Eastern Air Lines ' first revenue The Russian Air Force ( Russian: Военно-воздушные cилы России transliteration: Voyenno-vozdushnye sily Rossii) is the air force OJSC "AeroflotRussian Airlines" (ОАО «АэрофлотРоссийские авиалинии» () or Aeroflot (Аэрофлот as the airline is commonly Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Mil Helicopters (Миль is the short name of the Soviet Russian Helicopter producer Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant (Московский вертолетный завод Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages NATO reporting names are unclassified Code names for military equipment of the Eastern Bloc ( Soviet Union and other nations of the Warsaw pact Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Transport or transportation is the movement of people and goods from one place to another History Since 400 AD Chinese children have played with bamboo flying toys. It is the heaviest and most powerful helicopter ever to have gone into production.

Design and development

The Mi-26 was designed for military and civil use and intended to be able to lift more than any previous helicopter. The first Mi-26 flew on December 14, 1977 and the first entered service in the Soviet military in 1983. Events 1287 - St Lucia's flood: The Zuider Zee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses killing over 50000 people Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar)

The Mi-26 was the first helicopter to operate with an eight-blade rotor. A helicopter rotor is the rotating part of a Helicopter which generates an aerodynamic Force. It is capable of single-engine flight in the event of loss of power by one engine (depending on aircraft mission weight) because of an engine load sharing system.

While it is only slightly heavier than the Mil Mi-6, it can lift more: 20 tons (tonnes) (44,000 lb). WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout

Mi-26T at Zhukovski, 1997

Operational history

Chechen crash and controversy

Main article: Khankala attack

On August 19, 2002, Chechen separatists hit an Mi-26 with a surface to air missile, causing it to crash in a minefield. On August 19, 2002, a Russian made Igla shoulder-fired Surface-to-air missile hit an overloaded Mil Mi-26 Helicopter Events 43 BC - Octavian, later known as Augustus compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. The Chechen Republic (ˈʧɛʧɨn rɪˈpʌblɨk Чече́нская Респу́блика Chechenskaya Respublika; Нохчийн Республика Noxçiyn Respublika A surface to air missile ( SAM) or ground-to-air missile ( GTAM) is a Missile designed to be launched from the ground to destroy Aircraft A land mine is an Explosive device designed to be placed on or in the ground to explode when triggered by an operator or the Proximity of a vehicle person A total of 127 Russians were killed in the crash. An investigation determined that the helicopter was grossly overloaded—the helicopter was only meant to carry about 80 troops, while this one was carrying around 150. A 1997 order prohibited the overloading of such flights, but in this case it was apparently not heeded.

In response to this crash, Russian president Vladimir Putin ordered an inquiry into the military's negligence. Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (; born 7 October 1952 in Leningrad, USSR; now Saint Petersburg, Russia was the second President of Russia The commander in charge of the helicopter, Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Kudyakov, was convicted of negligence and violating flight regulations. Lieutenant Colonel ( Lieutenant-Colonel in English from the French grade 's spelling is a rank of Commissioned officer in the armies The Chechen who shot down the helicopter was sentenced to life in prison in April 2004. ^[1]

China's Wenchuan "Quake Lake" Emergency Heavy Lift Operations

As the result of the massive magnitude 8.0 earthquakes that ravaged regions of Sichuan on 12 May 2008, many rivers became blocked by giant landslides, which resulted in the formation of "quake lakes"; massive amounts of water pooling up at a very high rate behind the landslide-formed dams which will eventually crumble under the weight of the ever increasing water mass,^[2]endangering the lives of potentially millions of people if the water is to build up, and then break downstream. The 2008 Sichuan earthquake ( or " Great Sichuan Earthquake " which measured at 8 A landslide dam, debris dam, barrier lake or quake lake if it is caused by Earthquake, is a natural Damming of a River by The most precarious of these quake-lakes is the one located in the extremely diffcult terrain at Tangjiashan mountain, accessible only by foot or air, in which at least one Mi-26 heavy lift helicopter belonging to a branch of China's civil aviation service is used to bring heavy earthmoving tractors to the affected location^[3]. China Flying Dragon Special Aviation (中国飞龙专业航空公司 is an Airline based in Harbin, Heilongjiang, People's Republic of China This in conjunction with PLAAF Mi-17 helicopters bringing in engineering corps, explosive specialists, and other personnel to join 1,200 soldiers who've already arrived on site by foot. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Five tons of fuel to operate the machinery have also been airlifted onto location, where a sluice will be constructed to allow the bleeding off of the bottlenecked water. A sluice is a water channel that is controlled at its head by a gate

Variants

• V-29 - Prototype.
• Mi-26 (NATO - Halo-A) - Military cargo/freight transport version.
• Mi-26A - Upgraded version.
• Mi-26M – Upgraded version of the Mi-26, designed for better performance.
• Mi-26MS - Aeromedicial evacuation version.
• Mi-26NEF-M - Anti-submarine warfare version.
• Mi-26P - Passenger transport version, with accommodation for 63 passengers.
• mi-26PP - Radio relay version.
• Mi-26PK - Flying crane helicopter.
• Mi-26T - Civil cargo/freight transport version.
• Mi-26TC - Cargo transport version.
• Mi-26TM - Flying crane helicopter.
• Mi-26TP - Fire-fighting version.
• Mi-26TS - Export version of the Mi-26T.
• Mi-26TZ - Fuel tanker version.

Operators

Military Operators

Mil Mi-26 at Monino Museum (Moscow), 2006

 Cambodia - 2

 Democratic Republic of the Congo - 1

 India - 12

 Indonesia

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 Laos

 Mexico - 1

 Peru

3 in service on the Peruvian Air Force, 2 in storage

 Russia - 45

 Soviet Union

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 Ukraine - 17

 Venezuela - 3

 Democratic People's Republic of Korea - 4

Civil operators

 People's Republic of China

• • China Flying Dragon Aviation Mi-26T

 Russia /  Soviet Union

• Aeroflot

 Russia

• Avialift Vladivostok
• UTair Aviation

• South Korea
• Laos
• Peru
• India
• Greece - Mi-26T "firebuster" 16-Sep-2000

Other

•  United Nations - temporarily donated by member nations when called for

Specifications (Mi-26)

General characteristics

• Crew: Six – 2 pilots, 1 navigator, 1 flight engineer, 1 loadmaster, 1 radio/electronic systems operator
• Capacity:
  
  • Up to 150 troops, 90 recommended
  • 20,000 kg cargo (44,000 lbs)
• Length: 40. Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. Venezuela (ˌvɛnəˈzweɪlə) officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish República Bolivariana de Venezuela) is a country on the North Korea is the commonly used short form name for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (or DPRK) a State located in East Asia, Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES China Flying Dragon Special Aviation (中国飞龙专业航空公司 is an Airline based in Harbin, Heilongjiang, People's Republic of China Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 OJSC "AeroflotRussian Airlines" (ОАО «АэрофлотРоссийские авиалинии» () or Aeroflot (Аэрофлот as the airline is commonly Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending UTair Aviation () (commonly known as UTair) is an Airline based in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia. South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often referred to as Korea ( Korean: 대한민국 tɛː Laos (ˈlɑːoʊs or /ˈlaʊs/ officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a Landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma Peru (Perú Piruw Piruw officially the Republic of Peru ( reˈpuβlika del peˈɾu is a country in western South America. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security 025 m (131 ft 4 in) (rotors turning)
• Rotor diameter: 32. 00 m (104 ft 11. 8 in)
• Height: 8. 145 m (26 ft 9 in)
• Disc area: 789m² (8,495 ft²)
• Empty weight: 28,200 kg (62,170 lb)
• Loaded weight: 49500 kg (108,900 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 56,000 kg (123,500 lb)
• Powerplant: 2× Lotarev D-136 turboshafts, 8,380 kW (11,240 shp) each

Performance

• Maximum speed: 295 km/h (160 kt)
• Range: 1,952 km, 1,240 miles (1,080 nautical miles)
• Service ceiling 4,600 m (15,100 ft)

See also

• Mi-6
• CH-47 Chinook
• CH-53 Super Stallion

References

External links

• Rostov Helicopter Plant
• Aviation.ru - Mi-26
• Aeronautics.Ru - Mi-26
• Fas.org – Mi-26

• Walkaround Mi-26 Halo from Monino Museum, Russia
• Walkaround Mi-26 Halo from VAZ Technical Museum, Russia