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MH86 Helicopter Base demonstration flight over Tisza river, Szolnok 2011
https://youtu.be/ugIt5rjr7Ds
Uploaded on 19 Aug 2011
MH86 Helicopter Base was one of the two biggest military helicopter base in Hungary. In the base there were Mil Mi-8/17 and Mi-24 in service.
Yearly, in 20'th of August (national Day of Hungary) the base made demonstration flights over Tisza river.
In the video we can see two Mi-17 and an Mi-24 with special color scheme. The helicopter are making formation flights, soldier transports and solo displays.
At first, after the opening formation, an Mi-17 drops military divers to the river.
After it the another Mi-17 transport soldiers to the riverside with rope.
Thereafter the Mi-17 protects the ground attack from the air with doorgunners:
At 3:52 Mi-17 performs a landing in the riverside to discharge more soldiers. The soldiers are protecting the helicopter's take off.
The higlight of the video is the Mi-24 solo demo flight.
This Mi-24's name is Csőrike 2 (Tweety 2) after Csőrike 1.
The special painting was made for demonstration flights, the helicopter got it in 2010.
716 Mi-24 was operating in the Hungarian Military between 1985 to 2012.