United Nations Mil Mi-8MTV-1.
Registration: RA22579.
The Mil Mi-8 is a large twin-turbine transport helicopter. The first prototype, with one Al-24W engine, flew in July 1961. The second, with two Al-24W engines, first flew in September 1962. After some modifications, the aircraft entered service with the Soviet Air Force in 1967.
This photo was taken on 11 July 2017 at Aeropuerto La Vanguardia near the city of Villavicencio in Colombia.
I am Jaap van den Berg and photography has become a great passion of mine since 2010. Since then I travel all over the world to take pictures of military aircrafts. But besides aircraft I also love to photograph other subjects like landscapes, architecture, flowers, animals, .. Read more…