Vertical de Aviación Mil Mi-171A Baikal.
Registration: HK-4900.
The Mil Mi-17 is a Russian helicopter developed from the standard Mi-8 fuselage, but with the larger TV3-117MT engines, rotors and transmission developed for the Mi-14. These modifications allowed this type to carry heavier loads.
This picture was taken on 13 July 2017 during the F-Air airshow at Medellín airport 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…