Some scans of old photos featuring aviation.
Mi-4
The 3rd expedition in Antarctica.
Cargo bay doors and the whole fragment of the fuselage resemble the future Mi-8
Trial start after the assembly?
Vehicles are still without blades.
Preparation and inspecting of the rotor blade eye lugs.
Blades mounting on the helicopter.
Somewhere in the USSR
Il-12 has a trouble with landing
Li-2V. Antarctica. Forced landing.
Il-12D in Antarctica.
Il-12 in Antarctica.
li-2 in the Arctic
One more Li-2 in Antarctica. This plane sank in that expedition.
An-2
An-22 Antei. Probably somewhere in Ukraine. The number is not fully seen, but if it’s 46191 it’s the first vehicle.
via soulim
I believe that the Mi-4s where the first helicopters to successfully fly in Antarctica they where called Mi-4Schch and where modified. I cant really find anything about the expeditions.
The Mi-4 entered use in 1951 it was a second generation design back then they still used radial piston engines the Mi-4. The Mi-8 is basically a larger version of the Mi-4 using gas turbine engines and having much better performance.With radial engines designers where forced to place the engine in the nose of the aircraft and the cockpit above.
Li-2 is license copy of US Boeing DC-3
Not Boeing. Douglas.