World's largest chopper

[RusCan2013]

Mi-26 Halo

General characteristics

Crew: Five– 2 pilots, 1 navigator, 1 flight engineer, 1 flight technician
Capacity:
90 troops or 60 stretchers
20,000 kg cargo (44,090 lb)
Length: 40.025 m (131 ft 3¾ in) (rotors turning)
Rotor diameter: 32.00 m (105 ft 0 in)
Height: 8.145 m (26 ft 8¾ in)
Disc area: 804.25 m2 (8,656.8 ft²)
Empty weight: 28,200 kg (62,170 lb)
Loaded weight: 49,600 kg (109,350 lb)
Max. takeoff weight: 56,000 kg (123,450 lb)
Powerplant: 2 × Lotarev D-136 turboshafts, 8,500 kW (11,399 shp) each
Performance

Maximum speed: 295 km/h (159 kt, 183 mph)
Cruise speed: 255 km/h (137 kt, 158 mph)
Range: 1,920 km (1,036 nmi, 1,190 mi) (with auxiliary tanks)
Service ceiling: 4,600 m (15,100 ft)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mil_Mi-26#Specifications_.28Mi-26.29

It's rotor diameter is almost as much as the wingspan of a Boeing 737 Next Generation: 112 ft 7 in
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_737#Specifications

Lifting a fighter jet

Carrying jet liner planes

Rescuing a Norwegian Sea Hawk

and a NATO Chinook (in Afghanistan)

Delivering Russian troops to Chechnya, a decade ago now

Loading a fire truck in Belarus

and armoured vehicles in Russia

Fighting forest fires in Russia

Delivering a giant catamaran to Europe

http://helicomontagne.fr/reportage/indexEN.html

 

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And bringing fuel to oil workers in Northern Siberia

http://fyodor-photo.livejournal.com/16727.html

They are produced at a factory in Rostov, called "Rostvertol", a nice place, where workers apparently get to play ping-pong and basketball on breaks

lol

The Mi-28 is also built there

http://egor-lavrentiev.livejournal.com/1469.html