Несколько размышлений на тему Ми-8МТВ-1 N393MA/N393RH и N353MA/N353RH.
В реестре гражданских ВС США их заводские номера указаны таким образом:
N393MA/N393RH - 95716
N353MA/N353RH - 95747
Но это не соответствует действительности - что и не удивляет, раз они используются ЦРУ.
Что касается этих двух заводских номеров, на самом деле картина выглядит так:
9 5716 CCCP-25100 Mi-8MTV-1 AFL/Georgia mfd sep91 rgd 22nov91; did not become N393MA and N393RH, see c/n 93396
RAN-42 Mi-17-1V Royal Nepal AAW f/n jan04 paid for by the UK government under the Global Conflict Prevention Fund; opb 11th Air Brigade; l/n KTM 26oct06
NA-042 Mi-17-1V Nepal Army Avn KTM mar12 c/n from Directorate General of Army Aviation; cannibalised for spare parts; airframe auctioned 13jul17
9 5747 CCCP-25131(1) Mi-8MTV-1 Aeroflot mfd oct91
4L-25131(1) Mi-8MTV-1 not known no reports did not become N353MA and N353RH, see those registrations
RAN-43 Mi-17-1V Royal Nepal AAW d/d 01mar03 paid for by the UK government under the Global Conflict Prevention Fund; opb 11th Air Brigade; severely damaged 04apr03 on a forced landing near Mahadevdanda, the tailboom broke off, 1 of the 20 occupants killed; the hulk sat at KTM, seen oct03/feb11
NA-043 Mi-17-1V Nepal Army Avn no reports c/n from Directorate General of Army Aviation; auctioned 13jul17 as damaged in a crash-landing, so obviously not repaired after the accident 04apr03 and serial not taken up
Эти заводские и бортовые номера любезно предоставлены командованием армейской авиации Непала.
Что касается N393MA/N393RH, несколько лет тому назад один очень уважаемый форумчанин лично проверил заводской номер на планере - оказывалось, что это на самом деле 93396.
Получается вот такая картина:
9 3396 CCCP-06154(*) Mi-8MT Sov. Navy/AFL c/s mfd mar83 was equipped to carry armament; rgd 02aug83 to 223 LO; based at Barentsburg (Spitsbergen) from sep83
CCCP-06154(*) Mi-8MT AFL/Central Regionrgd 05mar91 probably opb Arktikugol at Barentsburg (Spitsbergen); seen Myachkovo 03jun92 in dark green (or red ?) c/s
RA-06154(*) Mi-8MT Avial. tsentr. rairgd 09jun95 Avialinii tsentralnykh raionov; entered into the MGA listing with this c/n 01jul95; opb Arktikugol at Barentsburg; in orange
c/s with blue cheatline and trim, reportedly without titles, but 'Aeroflot' titles were found on orange colour under the camo paint when examined nov09; f/n LED 08jan99; CofA expired 20jul98; traded in to Alpak 30may00 as payment for the overhaul of Mi-8MT c/n 93395; current on register aug10, but without valid CofR and CofA; officially cannibalised for spares by UUARZ, but obviously modified into a Mi-8MTV-1 instead and sold to the US !
N393MA Mi-8MTV-1 Maverick Aviation d/d 21feb02 c/n given on US register as 95716, but checked on the airframe nov09 as 93396, so obviously operated with fake documents; according to a US Army document c/n '95716' was purchased by the US Army; Maverick Aviation is a front company of the CIA; opb the CIA Special Operations Group Air Branch on covert missions from Khwaja Rawash near Kabul in 2002/03
N393RH Mi-8MTV-1 RJ Harroff Bus.As.rgd 18may04 R.J. Harroff Business Associates of Bethesda, MD is a front company of the CIA; initially with weather radar; reportedly opb 3-210th Aviation Regiment at Biggs AAF/Fort Bliss; probably never carried this registration on the outside; initially in dark green c/s without any markings whatsoever, previous registration N393MA painted out, but still visible; canx 15aug08; left Kabul on board of an An-124 04oct09 and passed through Ramstein 16oct09; arrived for overhaul in 356 ARZ at Engels oct09, order placed by Flight Test Aerospace Inc.; l/n in its old c/s Engels 13nov09; weather radar and other equipment removed and helicopter repainted in dark green/khaki camo c/s with light blue underside during overhaul; seen Engels 04jun10 without any markings whatsoever; not on the US register by 2014/17
Что касается N353MA/N353RH, сверка данных собратьев 93396 указывает на то, что он, скорее всего, имеет зав. № 93523.
В этом случае выглядело бы так:
9 3523 CCCP-06153(2) Mi-8MT Sov. Navy/AFL c/s mfd nov83 rgd 21jun90 to 223 LO; see c/n 93395
CCCP-06153(2) Mi-8MT AFL/Central Regionrgd 05mar91 opb Arktikugol at Barentsburg (Spitsbergen)
RA-06153(2) Mi-8MT Avial. tsentr. rairgd 09jun95 Avialinii tsentralnykh raionov; entered into the MGA listing with this c/n 01jul95; c/n confirmed by a court order dated 18mar04; traded in to Alpak 30may00 as payment for the overhaul of Mi-8MT c/n 93395; current on register aug10, but without valid CofR and CofA; officially cannibalised for spares by UUARZ, but probably shared the fate of c/n 93396 (see there), was modified into a Mi-8MTV-1 and sold to the US
N353MA Mi-8MTV-1 Maverick Aviation d/d 21feb02 c/n not confirmed - given on US register as 95747, but this was based on fake documents as that c/n was delivered to Nepal, given the fate of sistership c/n 93396 this tie-up seems to be the real one; Maverick Aviation is a front company of the CIA; opb CIA Special Operations Group Air Branch on covert missions from Khwajal Rawash near Kabul in 2002/03; in olive drab c/s, no markings apart from the registration
N353RH Mi-8MTV-1 RJ Harroff Bus.As.rgd 18may04 R.J. Harroff Business Associates of Bethesda, MD is a front company of the CIA; with weather radar; in olive drab c/s, no markings apart from the registration; photo at Kabul around 2004; canx 15sep14