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For years the U.S. Navy has been operating different versions of the single-rotor CH-53 helicopter as its heavy-lift helicopter. CH-47s regularly conduct ship-based operations for U.S. Special Forces and other international operators. [133] Due to budget issues, technical problems and delays with CH-53K, the director of the Pentagon's cost ...
A Combat aviation brigade (CAB) is a multi-functional brigade-sized unit in the United States Army that fields military helicopters, offering a combination of attack/reconnaissance helicopters (Boeing AH-64 Apache), medium-lift helicopters (Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk), heavy-lift helicopters (Boeing CH-47 Chinook), and MEDEVAC capability.
Boeing Vertol CH-47 Chinook. Boeing Rotorcraft Systems (formerly Boeing Helicopters and before that Boeing Vertol) is the former name of an American aircraft manufacturer, now known as Vertical Lift division of Boeing Defense, Space & Security. The headquarters and main rotorcraft factory is in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia.
JROTC students from Perry and McKinley high schools got a ride on a CH-47 Chinook helicopter on Thursday, opening their eyes to different careers.
Scott's – Bell 47, Inc. is an American company that supports the Bell 47 helicopter. The company was formed in 2009 after acquiring the type certificates from Bell Helicopter . The company supplies original specification parts either new, overhauled or remade as well as new Supplemental type certificate parts including composite rotor blades ...
While the CH-47 Chinook is a large helicopter by American standards, its payload of 28,000 lb (13,000 kg) is dwarfed by the huge Soviet-Russian heavy-lift helicopters such as the Mil Mi-26, with 44,000 lb (20,000 kg) payload, and the experimental Mil V-12, with 55,000 to 88,000 lb (25,000 to 40,000 kg) payload. For a long time Boeing and the US ...
The 47 became the first helicopter certified for civilian use on 8 March 1946. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The first civilian delivery was made on 31 December 1946 to Helicopter Air Transport . [ 3 ] More than 5,600 Bell 47s were produced, including those under license by Agusta in Italy, Kawasaki Heavy Industries in Japan, and Westland Aircraft in the United ...
Boeing-Vertol H-47 Chinook, an American helicopter; HMS Blanche (H47), a Royal Navy B-class destroyer; HMS H47, a Royal Navy H-class submarine; Hyampom Airport, in Trinity County, California, United States