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Old 29th May 2026 | 16:06
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Blimey the Mi-10, forgotten that! During a leaflet lifting run round the London airline offices in the mid 1970s, Aeroflot gave me a very nice book illustrating all their activities which included pics of the 10 with a coach on the platform (can't recall if the old folks were still aboard on their day trip to St Petersburg-by-the-Sea) and also images of the mighty flying meccano set Mi-12...

Oddly enough I don't think it mentioned spying activities using the glazed navigator noses on many of its transport aircraft..

Might still have it in the loft.

Incidentally, back in 1999, I spent an hour at Hayward Municiple Airport while a mate was getting a check flight, looking at a twin rotor helicopter of the intermeshing kind on the far side but not fully visible or identifiable even with a pair of binoculars. Definitely not a Kaman Husky or K-Max but possibly a Kamov of some type. We drove round to take a look but it wasn't visible at all from outside. Just curious as to what it was, possibly just a film mock up.
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