The Mil V-12 (NATO reporting name: Homer), given the project number Izdeliye 65 ("Item 65"), is a prototype helicopter designed in the Soviet Union and the largest helicopter ever built. [1] [2] …

Jun 12, 2024 · The Mil V-12 had the potential to change air travel forever. For a number of reasons, the gigantic helicopter fell far short of its lofty promises but gave engineers a unique …

Sep 9, 2023 · When it comes to size, the Soviet Union's Mil V-12 helicopter's size is unrivaled, though it never saw combat. Here's why.

The Mil Mi-12, known as V-12 in the Soviet Union, and by the NATO reporting name Homer, is so far the only helicopter produced by the Mil bureau to depart from the single main rotor plus tail …

Apr 28, 2023 · The V-12, also known as the Mil Mi-12, was a massive, super heavy-lift helicopter developed by the Soviet Union in the 1960s. Designed by the legendary Mikhail Mil and his …

Nov 25, 2019 · The Mil V-12 (NATO reporting name: Homer), is the largest helicopter ever built. The designation "Mi-12" would have been the name for the production helicopt...

…the 1960s the Soviet Union’s Mil Mi-12 became the world’s largest helicopter, with a maximum takeoff weight of 105 tons, and in 1978 the smaller Mil Mi-24 set a helicopter speed record of …

On July 10, 1968 first flew the largest helicopter ever built, the Mi-12, NATO code name “Homer”. Only two prototypes were built, designated V-12. The Mi-12 had a 37 m wingspan with a 35 m …

Apr 4, 2023 · The Mil V-12 (also known as the Mi-12) is a heavy transport helicopter created in the USSR in the late 1960s. The V-12 is the largest rotorcraft ever built a...

The Mil Mi-12, known as V-12 in the Soviet Union, and by the NATO reporting name Homer, is so far the only helicopter produced by the Mil bureau to depart from the single main rotor plus tail...