The Japanese edition Traffic News talked about the first flight of the Russian helicopter Mi-171A3. The publication emphasizes that this is the development of the “masterpiece helicopter” of the Mi-8 series.
“Mi-171A3 is the newest model of the Mi-8 masterpiece helicopter, first shown at the MAKS-2021 airline in Moscow, the capital of Russia, in 2021,” the publication says.
First flight Mi-171A3 passed on December 31. The flight lasted 15 minutes and passed, the Minister of Industry and Russia Trade Denis Manturov called the helicopter with modern and competitive. According to him, the development has passed in a record short time, and the total amount of state support amounted to one billion rubles.
Basic Mi-8 for the first time rose into the air in July 1961. The export modification of the helicopter under the name Mi-17 entered production in 1981. Currently, the Mi-17 and its modifications are used in more than 20 countries of the world.