6 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SM-2: Wisnia6522· Public domain
- 2. Belarus-Vitsebsk-Aeroclub-Mi-1-4: Alex Zelenko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Mil Mi-1M General Purpose Light Helicopter, at the Ukrainian State Aviation Museum: Photographer: Mosbatho· CC BY 4.0
- 4. Mil Mi-1 Hun 1: VargaA· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Mi-1, Polish Aviation Museum, 39 Jana Pawła II Avenue, Kraków, Poland: Igor123121· CC BY 4.0
- 6. Soviet Helicopter Mil' Mi-1. 1949. Советский вертолёт Ми-1: Peer.Gynt· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The Mil Mi-1 (USAF/DoD reporting name "Type 32", NATO reporting name "Hare") is a Soviet three- or four-seat light utility helicopter. It was the first Soviet helicopter to enter serial production. It is powered by one 575 hp (429 kW) Ivchenko AI-26V radial piston engine.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine · 14.4 m main rotor
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 78 years ago, in 1948.
- Rotor of 14.4 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1948-09-20
- introduced
- 1951
- number built
- 2,594
- role
- utility helicopter
- makers
- PZL-Świdnik, Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant
- engines
- 1× Ivchenko AI-26V / Ivchenko AI-26
- crew
- 1
- passengers
- 3
- length
- 12.1 m
- rotor diameter
- 14.4 m
- height
- 3.3 m
- max take-off weight
- 2,460 kg
- top speed
- 170 km/h
- range
- 600 km
- ceiling
- 3,000 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q320900, Wikipedia: Mil Mi-1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.