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The Chelyabinsk regional fund of property confirmed bidders on purchase of the Bell-429 helicopter belonging to the regional government. Applicants of steel of JSC Donskoy tabak and JSC Sigma-Finance. Information on it is published on an official site of state purchases torgi.gov.ru.

It is known that both firms are under control to the Rostov businessman Ivan Savvidi, and, considering their affilirovannost, it is logical to assume that active fight at the auction will not be: residents of Rostov Continue reading →

Hera Rossii Sergey Mikheyev and his helicopters with difficult destiny.

At the end of December, 2013 75 years to Sergey Viktorovich Mikheyev – to the person who kept unique design school of design of coaxial helicopters were executed. Such rotary-wing aircrafts will dominate in the sky of the XXI century.

Date celebrated modestly. The hero of the anniversary did not receive any high state awards relying in such cases. Mass media also did not give special attention to the founder of fighting Continue reading →

Now China develops helicopters of new type, relying on own forces. It was declared today by the representative of the Ministry of Defence of the People’s Republic of China Geng Yanshen at press conference.

According to mass media, on December 23 on one of airfields of Northeast China successfully passed test flight the helicopter of general purpose of a domestic production of "Chzhi-20" (Z-20). In the future it can become the main type of helicopters of general purpose of China, up Continue reading →

The semifinal match of the Cup of Africa on football between Equatorial Guinea and Ghana was interrupted because of excesses of fans. About it reports Eurosport.

On the 82nd minute of game when Ghana conducted with the score 3:0, Guinean fans began to throw guest sector bottles and other subjects. Ghanaian fans made an attempt to take cover from aggression near gate where photographers and operators usually settle down. The local police had to lift the helicopter in the sky to calm the Guineans Continue reading →

In the USA annually forest fires devour hundreds thousands hectares of the wood, sowing chaos not only in fire epicenter, and in big radius. For opposition to natural disaster the Lockheed Martin aviacorporation in partnership with the space producer of Kaman created fleet of pilotless helicopters fire the K-MOVE.

The wonderful helicopter the K-MOVE initially developed for the American Air Force in Afghanistan: pilotless K-MAX productions Kaman excellently consults without the pilot, and the Continue reading →

On air of Radio "Komsomolskaya Pravda" discussed the conclusion of the contract between Russia and China on delivery of the multipurpose fighters Su-35.

Russia will deliver to China 24 fighters Su-35. Cost of each of the sold cars will make about $83 million. And total amount of the transaction is estimated at $2 billion. The fact of signing of the contract was confirmed already by the general director of Rostekh state corporation Sergey Chemezov. There is a question – why to Chinese Continue reading →

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On a place of crash of the Mi-8 helicopter near Murmansk bodies of 12 victims are found. Such data reported in law enforcement agencies

«Are lifted on a surface of a body of 12 people. Search works proceed», – quotes source ITAR-TASS.

During search works more than 10 divers are involved.

The Spark avia airline Mi-8 helicopter with 5 crew members and 13 passengers onboard fell to Munozero’s lake. As a result of crash two persons survived.

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Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant transferred the last four Mi-171E helicopters of the Chinese Poly Technologies under the goal contract 2012, the press service «Helicopters of Russia» reports on July 15.

It is finishing party within the contract with "Rosoboronexport" which assumed delivery of 48 air cars. Remained four were transferred within the additional contract.

New helicopters received VK-2500 engines of the increased capacity, the auxiliary SAFIR power plant and the modernized transmission. Continue reading →

The president of Ukraine Peter Poroshenko withdrew eight helicopters from a zone of performance of humanitarian mission of the United Nations, the press secretary of the president Svyatoslav Tsegolko reported to Interfax agency.

"During delivery of awards by the serviceman which took part in operations in the east of Ukraine, the president informed that withdrew eight modern helicopters from a zone of performance of humanitarian mission of the United Nations", – told to Tsegolko.

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The Iraq-Syrian branch of "Al-Qaeda" declared capture of the city of Falludzha. But how it was bitter to the Pentagon to observe black banners of "Al-Qaeda" over the city for which in due time the American marines twice battled, United States Secretary of State John Kerri excluded return of the American armies for the help of the Iraq army.

Within the military help of the USA for the sum of 14 billion the dollars, begun since 2005, Iraq got recently 75 Hellfire air states Continue reading →