tu22m3 Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Hello there: I was surfing mexican newspaper websites today and found a photo a helicopter I was unaware of, I'm certain it's a Mil-17 machine but instead of the glass/rounded/flat nose it has wire cutters and a radome almost identical as that of the Bell 412 family, on top of that it has a FLIR pod and a very nice paint scheme. Chopper belongs to MINFRA (Infrastructure Ministry in Venezuela) and the Venezuelan army has its own version: http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1165784/L/ I guess that during today you can still see the pic here: http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/noticias.html I have a pic of the SAR version but since it was taken by AP I guess I can't reproduce it here... Anybody has any knowledge/info of this version. Mouth watering over a scratch built model of this baby... Greetings from mexico Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fiddler Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 I thought it's a Mi-171 version... one of the latest variants of the family. While looking at your airliners link, this one came into my view: Venezolan Army heavy lifter Now that's what I mean when we talk about cool Halo camouflages Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CHEYENNE56 Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Hello there:I was surfing mexican newspaper websites today and found a photo a helicopter I was unaware of, I'm certain it's a Mil-17 machine but instead of the glass/rounded/flat nose it has wire cutters and a radome almost identical as that of the Bell 412 family, on top of that it has a FLIR pod and a very nice paint scheme. Chopper belongs to MINFRA (Infrastructure Ministry in Venezuela) and the Venezuelan army has its own version: http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1165784/L/ I guess that during today you can still see the pic here: http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/noticias.html I have a pic of the SAR version but since it was taken by AP I guess I can't reproduce it here... Anybody has any knowledge/info of this version. Mouth watering over a scratch built model of this baby... Greetings from mexico Its a MIL-172 which is a updated Mil-17.....i saw that helicopter last week on TV and loved the paintscheme...can you translate the writing on the side of the helicopter ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tu22m3 Posted January 11, 2008 Author Share Posted January 11, 2008 "SERVICIO DE BUSQUEDA Y SALVAMENTO" = Search and Rescue Service Quote Link to post Share on other sites
the_baphomet_00 Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 more venezuelan SAR MI-172 pics... regards.- Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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