This Insane Helicopter Was The Largest Ever Built: The Mil V 12 Story
Sign up for an annual CuriosityStream subscription and youll also get a free Nebula subscription (the new streaming platform built by creators) here: Support Mustard on Patreon: Mustard Merchandise: Instagram: TikTok: Facebook: Twitter: Website: Research and writing in collaboration with Tomás Campos. The Soviets built some of the largest and most technically advanced helicopters in the world. By 1957, the Mil Mi6 had already emerged as the largest helicopter ever built, far outsizing helicopters built in the west. But for the Soviet Union, the need to build a helicopter far larger than even the Mi6, soon became a matter of national security. By 1960, American U2 spy planes conducting hi
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