MOSCOW, March 22 (RIA Novosti) - A leading Russian aircraft manufacturer will present for the first time a new version of a widely used multi-purpose helicopter at an air show in Chile, a company official said Wednesday.
Kamov-Holding will show a Ka-32A11BC helicopter, a modification of an aircraft used throughout the world, at the FIDAE-2006 air show, which opens on March 27.
Two Ka-32s leased from Spain are currently flying in Chile to fight forest fires in the country, which is one of the many objectives the helicopter can accomplish. The aircraft, which can be seen in the skies above Canada, Switzerland, Taiwan, South Korea and Mexico, can also be used for rescue operations, construction purposes, and transportation operations in the mountains. It can fly at low and high temperatures during day or night, even despite poor visibility.
