Kamov Ka-26 spraying sunflower field near Nagykarácsony, Hungary

This helicopter was manufactured in 1973 in Kumertau, Russia. It flown in the CCCP between 1973-1994, was used for small transport flights in registration of CCCP-19334. After 1994 she was bought to Hungary, Szécsény. She got Hungarian registration this time. The team had a lot of work there, but later they changed it to a new type, Alouette II.

Albatrosz 97 Kft. had an accident in 2014, where their helicopter, HA-MRA was destroyed. To replace the chopper they bought HA-MCB and during the winter repainted it.

Ka-26 is a multi-purpose, light helicopter, invented by N.I. Kamov in the middle of the 1960s.
First flight of this type was in August 18, 1965, she was mainly used for training flights, agricultural tasks, passenger transport, cargo transport, pipe inspection and also for traffic controll by the State Automobile Inspectorate (GAI).

This type has two Vedeneyev M14-V-26 petrol powered, four stroke radial engines with 9 cyl. and 325 hp each. Due to the relatively low airspeed of the helicopter, to maintain the proper cylinder head and oil temperatures the engines were produced with an iron fan, which makes the unique siren sound, and it is often believed that Ka-26 is driven by gas turbines.

Thanks to the co-axial main rotor system this type is extremely benign, the vast majority of pilots loves and loved it to fly. Agricultural versions had pressurized cockpit, where the pressure was made by that "nose" on the front of the canopy, which is called separator. This thing pumped outside air through a carbon filter into the pilots cabin providing clean air.
The day we visited the team they sprayed chemical to sunflower field.