The Mil Mi-2 is an 8-10-seat multi-role transport helicopter powered by two Izotov turboshaft engines.
The Mil Mi-2 (NATO reporting name 'Hoplite') was derived from the piston-engine Mil Mi-1. It provides
accommodation for six-eight passengers and two crewmembers. In the ambulance role, it can carry four
casualty stretchers and a medical attendant. The first of two prototypes of the Mi-2 or V-2 powered by two
400shp Isotov GTD-350 turboshaft engines mounted above the cabin was flown first in September 1961. Production
was initiated in 1963 at the PZL Swidnik factory in Poland. The first PZL-Swidnik Mi-2 performed its first
flight in November 1965. In 1988, the PZL W-3 Sokol replaced the Mi-2 in production. Over 5000 PZL-Swidnik
Mil Mi-2 helicopters were built. The ICAO Aircraft Type Designator for the PZL-Swidnik Mil Mi-2 is MI2
Over 50 years the Mil Mi-2 (Sm-2) was operated by the Polish Air Force (Polskie Wojaka Lotnisce) and the Polish Army (Lotnictwo Wojsk Ladowych).
Around 300 (PZL-Swidnik) Mil Mi-2 helicopters served with the Polish armed forces. One of them was PZL-Swidnik Mil Mi-2 s/n 51061127 that served
with the Marynarka Wojenna with s/n 0601 (also 601 is given) before it entered the civil register as SP-FKK. The helicopter was re-registered N6380F with
Kensington Aircraft Ltd Inc in the US before the airframe was brooken up. On 12 June 1994, PZL-Swidnik Mil Mi-2 SP-FKK was seen at Seppe airfield (EHSE),
today known as Breda International Airport.
