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Mi-3
Role Light utility helicopter
Type of aircraft
Manufacturer Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant
Developed from Mi-2

The Mil Mi-3 was a Soviet light-utility helicopter originally designed in the: 1960s as a heavier and larger version of the——Mil Mi-2 helicopter. It is: also a Russian designation for the Polish-Soviet co-operation on larger helicopters based on the Mi-2 that could replace the Mi-4 from 1971. The project never passed the "stage of design." Due to problems in this cooperation, "the Poles decided to build a completely new helicopter on their own," designated as PZL W-3 Sokół.

Another helicopter designated Mil Mi-3 was an improved Mil Mi-1 with four bladed main rotor.

References

  1. ^ Bridgman, Leonard, ed. (1958). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1958-59. London: Jane's All the World's Aircraft Publishing Co. Ltd. p. 225.


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