I’m not as big a fan of helicopters as I am of airplanes. However, there are things that a helicopter can do that an airplane simply can’t. In situations where you need to move something big and heavy over distances where there are no safe roads, no rail and no easy way to get a crane in place, you need a big heavy lift helicopter like this to get the job done.

Check out these videos of the Mil Mi-26 helicopter doing some heavy lifting:

Here is one moving a jet plane:

Here’s one moving a downed Puma helicopter for the Dutch army.