Karlo Senior Member  470 posts Joined Apr 2007 Location: Croatia , Rijeka More info | Jun 19, 2008 10:50 | #1 Well my country has been left with some arsenal from the "old ages" and here is one of the remaining operational units . As we are an exYugoslavian country our armaments are mostly of russian prduction as is this helicopter...
All comments welcomed ! (oh btw this is my first shot of any aircraft) WTB 1Ds MK III or 5D MK II PM ME!
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thebeatnut Member 196 posts Joined Jun 2008 More info | Jun 19, 2008 17:41 | #2 Pretty sure this is an Mi-17. It was the export version of the Mi-8 and had upgraded engines (including the 'buckets' you can see on the front which the Mi-8 doesn't have) and the tail rotor is on the port side as opposed to the Mi-8, which has it on the starboard side. I'm such a geek, please forgive me... lol. Nice shot.
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spectre Senior Member  825 posts Joined Jan 2007 Location: Escondido, CA More info | Jun 19, 2008 17:46 | #3 Karlo wrote in post #5752363  Well my country has been left with some arsenal from the "old ages" and here is one of the remaining operational units . As we are an exYugoslavian country our armaments are mostly of russian prduction as is this helicopter... This is just one from the series, im not currently at home so this is straight out of the camera just cropped and resized...
All comments welcomed ! (oh btw this is my first shot of any aircraft) Looking at the butt end, it has a Mi-17 style ramp and door... Todd M. Allen TacAir Photography
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thebeatnut Member 196 posts Joined Jun 2008 More info | Jun 19, 2008 17:49 | #4 spectre wrote in post #5754824 Looking at the butt end, it has a Mi-17 style ramp and door... Hinds are the gunship version (Mi-24)...this is a version of what NATO calls the Hip  Had a few flights in some...very strong helicopters!Nice shot Now, although Hinds are indeed a Russian helo, and designated MI-24, they're not a version of the MI-8/17. Just to put my $0.02 in again lol
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spectre Senior Member 825 posts Joined Jan 2007 Location: Escondido, CA More info | Jun 19, 2008 17:55 | #5 thebeatnut wrote in post #5754835 Now, although Hinds are indeed a Russian helo, and designated MI-24, they're not a version of the MI-8/17. Just to put my $0.02 in again lol  The Mi-24 was designed from the Hip... Todd M. Allen TacAir Photography
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Jun 20, 2008 05:27 | #6 So i completely messed up the identification ? LoL WTB 1Ds MK III or 5D MK II PM ME!
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thebeatnut Member 196 posts Joined Jun 2008 More info | Jun 20, 2008 06:24 | #7 Haha, well there's no shame in thinking a 17 is an 8, they are almost identical! Spectre, my bad... I stand corrected
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spectre Senior Member 825 posts Joined Jan 2007 Location: Escondido, CA More info | Jun 20, 2008 06:50 | #8 thebeatnut wrote in post #5757853 Haha, well there's no shame in thinking a 17 is an 8, they are almost identical! Spectre, my bad... I stand corrected No prob...I wasn't wanting a fight Todd M. Allen TacAir Photography
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thebeatnut Member 196 posts Joined Jun 2008 More info | Jun 20, 2008 10:57 | #9 Cool cool
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Tootall180 Member  64 posts Joined Aug 2007 Location: Cambs,UK More info | I am not expert but the same helo is featured in the July issue of Aircraft Illustrated magazine from which i have copied the following; ILA 2008 (Berlin Airshow) saw the first appearance at an event outside its home country of a new-build Croation AF Mil Mi-171sh (serial 226), visting in support of the Krila Oluje aerobatic team. This was one of the more recent deliveres of the 10 examples of the multi-role attack/utility helicopter being supplied to Croatia in part payment of a Russian debt.............
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