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 "icao": "MI26",
 "name": "Mil Mi-26",
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 "category": "helicopter",
 "military": false,
 "family": null,
 "url": "https://aircraft.intelsystems.ai/aircraft/MI26/",
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  "first_flight": 1977,
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  "mtow_t": 56.0,
  "max_kmh": 295,
  "cruise_kmh": 255,
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 "specifications_source": "AirwayControl spec register, curated from Wikipedia and manufacturer pages",
 "wikipedia": {
  "title": "Mil Mi-26",
  "summary": "The Mil Mi-26 is a Soviet/Russian heavy transport helicopter. Its product code is Izdeliye 90. Operated by both military and civilian operators, it is the largest helicopter to have gone into serial production.",
  "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mil_Mi-26",
  "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/",
  "retrieved": "2026-10-11"
 },
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  "drawings": "CC BY 4.0",
  "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "attribution": "Drawing of the Mil Mi-26 by AirwayControl Aircraft Library (https://aircraft.intelsystems.ai/aircraft/MI26/), CC BY 4.0"
 },
 "source": "AirwayControl Aircraft Library",
 "updated": "2026-10-11"
}