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President Vladimir Putin after the Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev moved to the helicopter to avoid - or create - congestion on the already downloaded Moscow roads. After the meeting with the government for the first time on June 7, Putin took a helipad, built specifically for the Kremlin. Putin flies on the Mi-8, in contrast to Medvedev, who prefer foreign-made helicopter. We compared the helicopter of the Russian president to air transport other heads of state.





1. Russian President Vladimir Putin - Mi-8

Crew: 3 persons;
Passenger capacity: 28 people (in the military version);
Length: 25, 31 m;
Height: 5, 54 m;
Speed: up to 250 km / h;
Approximate cost: $ 8, 2 million.

Mi-8 - Soviet helicopter, developed in the early 60s. Is the most popular twin-engined helicopter in the world, and is also included in the list of the most popular helicopters in the history of aviation. Vladimir Putin flies exclusively on the Mi-8 even after the purchase of the Italian AgustaWestland helicopters to Russian officials. In the Kremlin, especially for the Mi-8 Putin was built helipad.

Also on the Mi-8 flies Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko.



2. President Barack Obama - VH-3D

Crew: 2 pilots and 2 operators;
Passenger capacity: 10 people;
Length: 22 to 15 m;
Height: 5 to 13 m;
Speed: up to 267 km / h;
Approximate cost: $ 6, 4 million.

This modification of the famous helicopter Sikorsky S-61 Sea King, produced by the American Sikorsky Aero Engineering Corporation since 1961. End of life VH-3D is expected in 2014.

Helicopters, which flies Barack Obama, painted in green and white colors and are part of the squadron №1 US Marine Corps, based in Quantico. Public this helicopter is better known under the name Marine One - the name are both US presidential helicopter.



3. The President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych - AgustaWestland AW139

Crew: 1-2 people;
Passenger capacity: 15 people;
Length: 16, 65 m;
Height: 4, 95 m (with tail rotor);
Speed: up to 309 km / h;
Approximate cost: $ 17 million.

Yanukovych flies in Italian AgustaWestland AW139 helicopter to Kiev from his residence in Mezhyhiria since 2010. This is probably the most expensive helicopter from those who use the Heads of State. The cost of the machine, according to Yanukovych - about $ 6.9 million, but the media had previously reported that the helicopter is equipped with the Ukrainian president to $ 17 million without interior finish.
In early March, the Russian government purchased two squadron of helicopters. The first one of them tried Dmitry Medvedev. It is expected that in the future the company helicopters will be assembled in Russia.



4. German Chancellor Angela Merkel - Super Puma 332

Crew: 2-3 people;
Passenger capacity: 20-24 person;
Length: 19 m 5;
Height: 4, 97 m;
Speed: up to 315 km / h;
Approximate cost: $ 15 million.

German Chancellor uses helicopters Super Puma 332, issued by Eurocopter. In March 2011, Merkel helicopter almost crashed due to engine failure. Pilots returned control of the aircraft, when before the collision with the ground was about a hundred meters. Chancellor on board the helicopter at the time was not.



5. Queen Elizabeth II - VIP S-76C ++

Crew: 2 persons;
Passenger capacity: 12-13 people;
Length: 16 m;
Height: 4, 42 m;
Speed: up to 287 km / h;
Approximate cost: $ 7 to 9 million.

In addition to the White House, Sikorsky traditionally a 1950 fleet serves the Queen of England. Model, in which Elizabeth flying since 2009, is a VIP-configured civilian helicopter Sikorsky S-76.



6. The President of Argentina Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, - Sikorsky S-70-A-30

Crew: 2 persons;
Passenger capacity: 12-13 people;
Length: 16 m;
Height: 4, 42 m;
Speed: up to 287 km / h;
Approximate cost: $ 10 million.

Unlike Elizabeth II, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, flying on a normal, not VIP-model Sikorsky. Helicopters of this model produced since 1977 and are widely used in the armies of North and South America, China, Japan, the Philippines, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and some other.



7. French President Francois Hollande - Super Puma 332

Crew: 2-3 people;
Passenger capacity: 20-24 person;
Length: 19 m 5;
Height: 4, 97 m;
Speed: up to 315 km / h;
Approximate cost: $ 15 million.

Francois Hollande, as well as German Chancellor Angela Merkel, flies on the company's products Eurocopter.



8. The President of India Pranab Mukherjee - AgustaWestland AW101

Crew: 1-2 people;
Passenger capacity: 30 people;
Length: 22, 8 m;
Height: 6, 62 m;
Speed: up to 309 km / h;
Approximate cost: $ 21-25 million.

The Government of India in 2009, ordered a batch of 12 helicopters from the Italian AgustaWestland. On one of them flies President Pranab Mukherjee.



9. Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto - Super Puma 332

Crew: 2-3 people;
Passenger capacity: 20-24 person;
Length: 19 m 5;
Height: 4, 97 m;
Speed: up to 315 km / h.
Approximate cost: $ 15, 5 million.

At the disposal of the President of Mexico mainly helicopters Super Puma 332. In November 2011, one of the helicopters of this model from the presidential fleet was wrecked in the State of Mexico. Plane crash claimed the lives of eight people, including Interior Minister Jose Francisco Blake Mora.



10. The President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari - Bell 412

Crew: 1-2 pilot;
Passenger capacity: 14 people;
Length: 17 to 12 m;
Height: 4, 57 m;
Speed: up to 259 km / h;
Approximate cost: $ 6, 7 million.

The President of Pakistan flies on VIP-version of the helicopter American manufacturer Bell Helicopter.