Wings 21.04.2004 (2004)

Night Hunter.

Night helicopters are the most expensive and complex.

The first Mi-28 flight was made in 1982, but only in the new century he was given a life.

Mi-28N is a fourth generation attack helicopter.

Experienced pilots say that in our country there are only two machines capable of fighting: the MiG-31 and the Mi-28N. He is called a "night hunter", compare with the American "Apache" and claim that we have something to be proud of - powerful engines, a modern location station, armored fuselage, a high degree of protection and super maneuverability at 12 tons of its own weight.

The new miracle machine is told by the test pilots Sergey Barkov and Sergey Nikulin, the director of the assembly and testing plant of helicopters Gennady Zaitsev, the head of the Mi-28N project from the Rostvertol plant Andrey Varfolomeyev.

Also included in the program is an excursion into the history of domestic helicopter construction, a story about the best military, cargo and transport helicopters and the records set by them.