Mil Mi-1

Mi-1
Mil Mi-1 in flight
General information
TypeUtility helicopter
ManufacturerMil Moscow Helicopter Plant and other Soviet national plants,
WSK PZL-Świdnik,
Primary userSoviet Air Force
Number built>2,594
History
Manufactured1950–1965
Introduction date1950
First flight20 September 1948[1]
VariantsPZL SM-2

The Mil Mi-1 (USAF/DoD reporting name "Type 32",[2] NATO reporting name "Hare"[3]) was a Soviet three- or four-seat light utility helicopter. It was the first Soviet helicopter to enter serial production. It is powered by one 575 hp (429 kW) Ivchenko AI-26V radial piston engine. It entered service in 1950 and was first seen on the 1951 Soviet Aviation Day, Tushino and was produced for 16 years. More than 1,000 were built in the USSR and 1,594 in Poland, as SM-1.

  1. ^ "Миль Ми-1". www.airwar.ru.
  2. ^ "Designations of Soviet and Russian Military Aircraft and Missiles". designation-systems.net.
  3. ^ "Designations of Soviet and Russian Military Aircraft and Missiles".