simming news » Helicopter http://pacific.simmingnews.com News, reviews, links and goings on in the flight simulator world - with a Pacific twist. Focusing on aircraft, airlines and information relevant to kiwi, aussie and pacific rim simmers Thu, 02 Oct 2014 08:03:53 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 Mil Mi8 pics from Taupo http://pacific.simmingnews.com/2014/08/27/mil-mi8-pics-from-taupo/ http://pacific.simmingnews.com/2014/08/27/mil-mi8-pics-from-taupo/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2014 08:39:15 +0000 http://pacific.simmingnews.com/?p=291 Just been away for a week and a half ski holiday down at Tongariro staying in Ohakune and making a few side/day trips along the way. One of those diversions was to stop in at Huka Falls in Taupo and check out the once mighty, now static, Mil Mi-8 which is parked up next to HelicopterTours office. Supposedly the machine was used to do some heavy-lift forestry work in NZ after it was imported and in a former life is alleged to have been a personal transport for Fidel Castro.

What an amazing machine, and great that the tour company allow punters to have a peek inside. Check out my flickr photo set for a few internal shots, including cabin and cockpit, to get a sense of the scale of the monsters. Very cool.

 

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