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Kazan exposes at Singapore its "economic" helos

Singapore - They cost about an half of western "equivalents"

At Asian Aerospace 2002, ex-Soviet helicopter industry Kazan exposed two on its "economical" helicopters. One is the Mi-172 helicopter which was a modification of the well known Mi-17. Three helicopters of this type were shipped to Vietnam this year. They are to be used to fly Vietnamese specialists to off- shore oil. The second novelty is the light multipurpose 10-seater Ansat helicopter. It is to...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 24422
Rome, Italy, 03/01/2002 13:10
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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