1/144 Mil Mi-10 Military Transport Helicoptor - by Eastern Express

1/144 Mil Mi-10 Military Transport Helicoptor - by Eastern Express

The first prototype V-10 was completed in 1959 and was soon officially allocated the service designation Mi-10. The first flight took place on 15 June 1960 and flight testing continued successfully until in May 1960 the first prototype crashed during a precautionary landing resulting from loss of gearbox oil pressure, only the Navigator/ radio operator surviving. After joining the flight test programme the second prototype began a series of world record breaking altitude/payload flights for turbine powered helicopters. State acceptance trials were passed successfully in 1961, but production did not commence until 5 March 1964 at the Rostov-on-Don factory, with first flight of a production aircraft on 10 September 1964, leading to a total of forty of the long-legged Mi-10 helicopters built, from 1964 to 1969.

Mi-10 Initial standard long-legged production helicopter

Mi-10K (K - korotkonogiy - short legged) (NATO - Harke-B) Flying crane helicopter with short-legged narrow-track undercarriage and a ventral gondola for a second pilot.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mil_Mi-10


Mil Mi-10 Military transport helicopter (EA144509)
https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/EA144509

Mil Mi-10K transport helicopter (EA144510)
https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/EA144510


Sprue Shots: http://pas-decals.ru/forum/18--/6827-mi-10-10k-vostochnyj-ekspress-1-144

Available: December 2016
Price: £30 GBP