Mil V-12 transport helicopter - photo

[Altair]

Mil V-12 transport helicopter is the largest helicopter ever built. The V-12 is powered by four 4,800 kW turboshaft engines and is capable of lifting 40,000 kgs (88,000 lbs). Two prototypes were built, and are now in museums.

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Previously:

Helicopter sling load operation - GIF
Mi-26 transport helicopter hauling a wreck - GIF
Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane rotor and gearbox - photo
Hooking up a howitzer to a Chinook helicopter - GIF
Helicopter delivers concrete - GIF
Transporting deer by helicopter - photo

[Duke_of_URL]

When one of our Army Chinook CH-47 helicopters was disabled for mechanical problems in the mountains of Afghanistan, the U.S. Gov't contracted with a "commercial" Russian firm who operated a couple of these monsters to come lift it out and transport it to a secured airport for shuttling back to the U.S. The Cold War was certainly a good time for Engineering on both sides!