07/31/2013. Remarks by Johan Visschedijk: "As with the Mi-1 to Mi-6 helicopters, there were also Mi-8 passenger models. These included a 28-seat versions, with seven two-seat chairs per side, designated Mi-8P, or the luxury version, with nine or eleven seats, referred to as Mi-8S (Salon).
The main cabin of Mi-8S was a representative office and conference area. On the left were two benches, each with four seats, on the right two swiveling chairs with a table, and a desk for an adjutant. In addition there was the Mi-8S version with two four-seat benches on each side. A toilet was fitted on the left in the tail and on the right a luggage compartment with wardrobe. A kitchen and the crew wardrobe were installed between the cockpit and the salon, near the sliding door on the left side.
To streamline the entire Mi-8 production and to simplify the assembly, the Mil company produced the whole fuselage of individual segments (cockpit, cabin, engine and gearbox compartment, tail boom). In case of damage, the segments could be replaced relatively easily and quickly. Equipment, fuselage structure, power plant and rotor systems were similar to those of the Mi-8T.
