A giant Russian helicopter Mil Mi-26 lifts up a American Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopter very easily. The Mil Mi-26, given the product code izdeliye 90, is a Soviet/Russian heavy transport helicopter. In service with civilian and military operators, it is the largest and most powerful helicopter to have gone into production. The Boeing CH-47 Chinook is an American twin-engine, tandem rotor heavy-lift helicopter. Its primary roles are troop movement, artillery placement and battlefield resupply.