The Kamov Ka-18 ( NATO reporting name Hog) was a Soviet four-seat utility helicopter that first flew in 1955. It was a development of the

Kamov Ka-15 The Kamov Ka-15 (NATO reporting name Hen) was a Soviet two-seat utility helicopter with coaxial rotors, which first flew on 14 April 1952 at the hands of test pilot D. K. Yefremov. It was the world's first mass-produced coaxial helicopte ...

, with a lengthened fuselage and a more powerful engine - the Ivchenko AI-14V radial. Total production from

Kamov JSC Kamov (russian: Камов) is a Russian rotorcraft manufacturing company based in Lyubertsy, Russia. The Kamov Design Bureau ( design office prefix Ka) has more recently specialised in compact helicopters with coaxial rotors, suitable for ...

was about 120.

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Soviet Naval Aviation Soviet Naval Aviation (AV-MF, for ''Авиация военно-морского флота'' in Russian, or ''Aviatsiya voyenno-morskogo flota'', literally "aviation of the military maritime fleet") was the naval aviation arm of the Soviet Na ...

Specifications (Ka-18)

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Bibliography

* Stroud, John. ''Soviet Transport Aircraft since 1945''. London: Putnam, 1968. .

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