Category: Helicopters

Description for the photo: This PZL Mi-2 R helicopter was built in 1974 in Świdnik. It was used by the ZEUŚ-Heliseco company. He spent 2,823 hours in the air. He performed agricultural operations in Poland and abroad: Egypt, Iraq, Nigeria. in 2008, it was donated to the Polish Aviation Museum.

The idea behind the creation of the SM-2 helicopter was to use the excess power of the Lit-3 piston engine installed in the SM-1 helicopter. An engine with this power should easily carry five people on board, not just three or four as before. In addition, the SM-1 had several other operational shortcomings. For example,…

The Mil Mi-2 helicopter is one of the most recognizable helicopters in the world. In the NATO code, the Mi-2 was called Hoplite. (Hoplite is a heavy infantry soldier in ancient Greece from the 7th to 4th centuries BC.) The helicopter also received several dialect names, including the most popular Kettle. It was designed in…

The first utility helicopters in the world appeared in 1942. This fact meant that in 1947 CCCP established a design facility under the direction of Mikhail Leontjewicz Mil, who held the position of director of this facility. The facility was merely a design office at Factory No. 329 in Moscow. In other words, it did…

Work on the new W-3 Sokół helicopter, designated "600", officially began in May 1974. At the head of the team, after M.Sc. Eng. Zbyszko Kodłubaj, stood mgr. Eng. Stanisław Kamiński, who was called the "father" of Sokol. Finally, the helicopter designation was officially adopted – W-3. In the press, the helicopter was commonly referred to…

Three Mil Mi-6 A helicopters were operated in Poland. In 1974-1986 as civilian, and in 1986-1990 as military. They were given side numbers 063 (ex SP-ITA), 670 (ex SP-ITB) and 671 (ex SP-ITC). There are 670 (ex SP-ITB) in the Air Force Museum in Dęblin.

The BŻ-4 Żuk is the second entirely Polish helicopter structure built from scratch. The helicopter was designed by Bronisław Żurakowski, whose brother, Janusz Żurakowski (1914-2004), was famous as a fighter pilot during World War II, and then he was a well-known and respected test pilot in Canada, where he flew, among others, the Avro Canada…

The beginnings of the Italian Agusta factory date back to 1907. It was then that the Italian constructor Giovanni Agusta founded a company producing airplanes of his own design. The Great World War disrupted the company’s operations. Production was resumed in 1923. The company then adopted the new name Costruzioni Aeronautiche Agusta S.p.a. The plant…