Back ميل مي-12 Arabic Mil Mi-12 AST Mil Mi 12 Azerbaijani Mil Mi-12 Czech Mil Mi-12 German Mil Mi-12 Spanish Mil Mi-12 French Mil Mi-12 Croatian Mi–12 Hungarian Mil V-12 ID
| V-12 | |
|---|---|
 Mil V-12 on approach | |
| General information | |
| Type | Heavy lift helicopter |
| Manufacturer | Mil Design Bureau |
| Status | Prototypes tested, cancelled |
| Primary user | Soviet Union |
| Number built | 2 |
| History | |
| First flight | (27 June 1967 – unsuccessful) 10 July 1968 – first successful flight |
The Mil V-12 (NATO reporting name: Homer), given the project number Izdeliye 65 ("Item 65"), is a prototype helicopter designed in the Soviet Union and the largest helicopter ever built.[1][2] The designation "Mi-12" would have been the designation for the production helicopter and did not apply to V-12 prototypes.[3]
- ^ Mizokami, Kyle (2020-09-17). "Let's Remember the Largest Helicopter Ever, Which Was Completely Useless". Popular Mechanics. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
- ^ "Mil Mi-12 | Soviet helicopter". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
- ^ Gordon, Yefim; Dimitriy and Sergey Komissarov (2005). Mil's heavylift helicopters : Mi-6, Mi-10, V-12 and Mi-26. Red Star. Vol. 22 (2nd ed.). Hinckley: Midland Publishing. ISBN 1-85780-206-3.