In reply to Noddaz :
TU-114, essentially the civilian version of the Russian TU-95 bomber (the fasted propeller driven plane, 575 mph), contemporary to the B52, both are still in service. 4 x 12,000 shaft HP engines.
In reply to aircooled :
Correct. I have a soft spot for weird Sovietski stuff. I always loved how absurdly long the landing gear was for prop clearance.
Like this - not even the biggest helicopter the Russians ever made, by a long shot:
In reply to aircooled :
No, that's a photoshop. The trees behind are a dead giveaway.
The whole webpage is full of crappy photoshops. https://www.vintagewings.ca/stories/seeing-double
In reply to Appleseed :
13 minutes on site, I assume? So, plus transit time. Warehouse roof or some reason they couldn't use a boom?
In reply to Appleseed :
Just outside Albany, NY driving east on I-90 with a friend he asked me to pull over. OK. Stopped, looking 1/2 mile south was a big helicopter picking up AC units and putting them on top of a new warehouse. (friend is in the construction industry). "Yeah, that thing flew up from Maryland to do this job". Hell, I couldn't put gas in it let alone pay the bill !
So here's a Piaggio P-16.
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