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RA-31073 Kamov Ka-32 of Moscow State Firefighting Service at MAKS Moscow Airshow at Moscow-Zhukovsky 22/8/03
56-BLUE Kamov Ka-31 Demonstrator at MAKS Moscow Airshow at Moscow-Zhukovsky 22/8/03
Exposition de Dieppe 2025
Beginning shortly after World War II, Nikolai Kamov and his design bureau designed a helicopter rotor system involving two contra-rotating main rotors on a common rotor shaft. This was developed for a variety of applications for the Soviet Union, including a light piston-engined utility helicopter, an attack helicopter, and a shipboard helicopter for the Soviet (later Russian) navy. This Kamov Ka-32 had been in use for logging work in British Columbia when Russia's invasion of Ukraine forced a cutoff of its spare parts supply; it's stored at the museum until circumstances change. (Note that in an odd coincidence there's a line of American helicopters with a deceptively similar name and layout; Kaman, not Kamov, and they have twin rotors too, but on two separate masts rather than coaxial, intermeshing kind of like an egg beater.)
Reg: EC-JVA
Aircraft: Kamov Ka-32A11BC
C/N: 9714
Operator: Avincis
Airfield: Alicante - Muchamiel (LEMU), Spain
Date: 08-04-2025
Comment: Wrapped up and about to depart her previous homebase by truck, destination Valencia sea port. However her final destination is China, as Spain sold nearly the whole Kamov fleet unfortunately. (Nikon D850 + Tamron 15-30mm F2.8 Di VC USD G2)
Kamov 27 or 32 (the civilian version were marketed as Kamov 32). The Kamov 27 saw considerable use by the soviet era Russian Navy.
This helicopter was brought into New Zealand in the early 1990s to be used for heli-logging operations. I photographed it doing a training flight at the Stratford Airfield. I don't know where it was sourced from, but I don't think it was ever certified to fly commercially in New Zealand. Similarly I have no idea what happened to it.
Nikon FG, Tokina 28-70mm Lens, Fujichrome 100
Reg: EC-JAL
Aircraft: Kamov Ka-32A11BC
C/N: 9625
Operator: Gobierno de España
Airfield: Alicante - Muchamiel (LEMU), Spain
Date: 06-03-2025
Comment: Still stored at Muchamiel. (Nikon D850 + Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G AF-S VR ED)
Reg: EC-JXG
Aircraft: Kamov Ka-32A11BC
C/N: 9715
Operator: Gobierno de España / Babcock International
Airfield: Alicante - Muchamiel (LEMU), Spain
Date: 04-05-2022
Comment: Parked at Muchamiel, now with code KZ4. (Nikon D610 + Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G AF-S VR ED)
CCCP-26803 Kamov Ka-26 Hoodlum preserved at the Central Air Force Museum, Monino, Moscow 25/8/03
RA-19412 Kamov KA-26 Hoodlum at Ivanovo-Yasyunikha, Russia 19/8/03
RA-2426K Kamov KA-26 Hoodlum at Ivanovo-Yasyunikha, Russia 19/8/03
RA-2426K Kamov KA-26 Hoodlum at Ivanovo-Yasyunikha, Russia 19/8/03
Reg: EC-JSQ
Aircraft: Kamov Ka-32A11BC
C/N: 9712
Operator: Gobierno de España
Airfield: Alicante - Muchamiel (LEMU), Spain
Date: 23-02-2023
Comment: Now with "KZ3" markings. (Nikon D850 + Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G AF-S VR ED)
