MIL Mi-24 Helicopter.

Another Unique Design.

That no western design company has followed, and one wonders why?

The Mil helicopter designers are but a few who built helicopters in the former Soviet Union, Kamov and Yakolev were the other two. The Mil's started with the Mi-1 and then just progressed in size up to the Mi-6/10 and on to the most succesful Mi-17/117, Mi-171.

But the origins of the the Mi-24/25-35 have a much different take, it was the Afghanistan wars of the 1970'-80's that called for a combined helicopter roles so that both specialised troops could be got on to an area fast and protected by heavy fire.

The rocket pods on the Mi-8/17 were not suitable, so it was decided to combine two machines into one, transporter and gunship. There have over the years been many variants from the early glazed noses to the present aircraft style canopies. 

The west meantime do not seem to have taken advantage of developing a similar type, but rather have kept to fast transport backed up by supporting helicopter gunships.

Harvestors. Part-One,

The Combined Harvesters.

The original machine was developed in the United States for wheat and barley production, this machine combined cutting and threshing the stalks for the grain. Today many of these machines can now also produce bales of straw.

But there are many other kinds of harvester type machines for sugar cane, peas, fruit and vegetables. All of these crops have stalks, so some mechanical changes had to be made to adapt them. 

But there are still more and more new types coming on the market for root crops, rice and other aqua work. Originally it was limited to a few machine producers, such as New Holland, John Deere, Claas, Massey-Ferguson and Shelbourne Reynolds. 

But today we have many developed and developing nations building their own version to suite their need and conditions.