09-2023 MIKROLOTNICTWO - 09 - ŚMIGŁOWCE POLSKIEJ POLICJI

The Mil Mi-2 was a medium, multi-role helicopter designed by the Mil design office and mass-produced in Świdnik. The machine had a full metal, half-shell structure with a fixed undercarriage, in a classic arrangement with a main rotor and a tail rotor on the beam. The drive was provided by two GTD-350 engines of different versions with a power of 400-450 HP each. The flight of the first prototype took place in September 1961, and serial production lasted from 1965 to 1985. It is estimated that approximately 5,500 copies of this popular helicopter were built! It is worth noting that the Polish plants in Świdnik purchased only the documentation for the Mi-2 prototype machine from the Mil plants, and they were responsible for the successful implementation of serial production and the development of documentation intended for such production. Several upgrades to the basic version were made. The first was the Mi-2T version: it had a slightly higher lifting capacity and an electric crane. In 1968, the Mi-2R model was developed, which was an agricultural version intended for large-scale spraying. In 1972, the Mi-2SR version was created, i.e. the medical-rescue version. The very successful Mi-2 was widely exported to the Warsaw Pact countries, but also to Peru and Mexico, for example. He took part in the war in Afghanistan (1979-1989) and during the fight against the Chernobyl disaster in 1986.