Z-8 and Z-18 transport helicopter - family & versions

gelgoog

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Helos are much more unsafe in general than airplanes.
Improved pilot training and maintenance might help. As would fly-by-wire controls and built-in radio or laser altimeters.
 

Deino

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Even if its serial number is once again psed, this is the first clear image on an operational PLA Army Aviation Z-8L - the wide-bode variant - with the typical LHXXXXX number visible.
Based on other reports this is something within the LH953txx range and as such assigned to the 161st Air Assault Brigade (83rd GA) at Xinxiang within the Central Theater Command.

(Image via Huitong's CMA-Blog)

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Deino

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Even if its serial number is once again psed, this is the first clear image on an operational PLA Army Aviation Z-8L - the wide-bode variant - with the typical LHXXXXX number visible.
Based on other reports this is something within the LH953txx range and as such assigned to the 161st Air Assault Brigade (83rd GA) at Xinxiang within the Central Theater Command.

(Image via Huitong's CMA-Blog)

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@huitong could you please tell a bit more when & where this one was spotted and the image posted?
 

Deino

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It’s from a private source. No further details are available, but believed to be in Henan Xinxiang area.


Thanks a lot, so it is indeed most likely one from the 161st AA Brigade?
 

by78

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PAP and Fire & Rescue Z-8 variants with their engine bays open.

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