Harbin Z-5

Infobox Aircraft
name= Harbin Z-5


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type= transport/utility helicopter
manufacturer=Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation
designer=Mil
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primary user= China
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developed from = Mil Mi-4
variants with their own articles= The Harbin Z-5 is a Chinese copy of the Soviet Mil Mi-4 piston engined helicopter. It was produced in the city of Harbin, China. The USSR provided China with blueprints in 1958, a few years before the Sino-Soviet split. First flight was in 1959, but serial production was delayed and didn't start until the mid-1960's. China has produced a number of unique variants, and the Z-5 is still in use with the PLA, PLAAF and PLANAF, although it seems to be no longer in production. China also exported a number of Z-5 to client states. About 545 were built. One Z-5 was reengined with a Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6T-6 "Twin Pac" turboshaft in 1979, during the Chinese-Western rapprochement. Some sources refer to this as the Z-6, but the experiment went no further. [Source: www.vectorsite.net by Greg Goebel (public domain)]

Variants

* Z-5 : Military transport helicopter.
* Z-6 : One Z-5 helicopter fitted with a Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6T-6 "Twin Pac" turboshaft engine.
* Xuanfeng : Civil transport helicopter.

Military operators

;ALB
*Albanian Air Force (All retired);PRC
*People's Liberation Army
*People's Liberation Army Air Force
*People's Liberation Army Navy Air Force

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