Mi-1 Hare

The Hare was an aging utility helicopter design. The first helicopter to see widespread military service in the communist bloc, the Hare was gradually retired. It has been used in both civil and military roles of air ambulance, training, patrol, and liaison.

The Hare had a conventional design, with a three-blade main rotor and a long, semi-monocoque, tubular tailboom with tail rotor mounted at the end and on the right. The rotors were initially of wood and metal construction, but...