1960s – 1980s, Kharkov, Soviet Union. Photos of young Soviet future army pilots going through their daily routines: sleeping, physical training, getting their hands on the newest plane equipment, taking first test flights and more. Full album is he...

If there is a fire around but no fire trucks, then an MI-26 helicopter can bring you a fire truck on demand. As the author of the photos says, it takes less than two minutes to load the truck into the helicopter. He says those MI-26′s can carry a payload of up to 20 tons and the crew of each...

Soviet Union always loved everything big. So the decision to make the biggest helicopter with the largest carrying capacity was quite natural for the country. Development of the V-12 project began in 1963, the serial Mi-6 helicopter became the basis for the new huge vehicle. To simplify the task...