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Mi-17 N175RU
Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 8:37 pm
by Growlerwaxer
Scaring the living daylights out of the surfers and swimmers - never mind the holidaying spotter - was this Mil, flying below 500 feet along the north Florida coast.
After dark, a cammo example was twice seen flying lights off in the company of a white example with lights on.
Re: Mi-17 N175RU
Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 9:48 pm
by Flyingmonster
Interesting catch!
Its owned by the Simplex Corporation in Florida who are a private company in Aircraft Charter Rental and Leasing Services.
Re: Mi-17 N175RU
Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 11:28 pm
by SamP
Ahh, one of the '?' clan! Fantastic catch, very jealous of that! Thanks for posting
Re: Mi-17 N175RU
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 3:53 am
by Gary77
Agh, home sweet home. Thanks for the post.
Gary
Re: Mi-17 N175RU
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 6:00 am
by Jonay
Technically this is a civvie
Certainly an interesting catch though
Re: Mi-17 N175RU
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 10:23 am
by RichC
It's a cracker...
One of 23 x Hips the company have in the USA but at various locations (Delaware, Florida, California, Nevada and Maryland).
Kazan Helicopters which built this example states it is an Mi-8MTV-1 and the serials reflect this too, as all 5 of the Mi-8MTV-1's have their serials end in "RU". The others are Mi-17V5 and Mi-172 variants.
Re: Mi-17 N175RU
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 7:51 pm
by twinstar
On strength with the 6th SOS