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The Chinook is a heavy-lift helicopter that is among the heaviest lifting Western helicopters. Its name, Chinook, is from the Native American Chinook people of Oregon and Washington state. The Chinook was originally designed by Vertol, which had begun work in 1957 on a new tandem-rotor helicopter, designated as the Vertol Model 107 or V-107.
The Chinook became famous for the singer’s image and Richie himself met with past crew members. “This is incredible,” Richie said in a 2012 CBS story when he saw the aircraft in person. “I ...
Birdman Chinook 2S showing the pentagonal cockpit cross-section Birdman Chinook 2S Birdman Chinook 2S cockpit Birdman Chinook 2S Rotax 503 engine installation. The Birdman Chinook is a family of single and two-place, pusher configuration, high-wing ultralight aircraft that was first flown on 12 December 1982 and produced by Birdman Enterprises of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, starting in 1983.
The Kaman HH-43 Huskie is a helicopter developed and produced by the American rotorcraft manufacturer Kaman Aircraft. [2] It is perhaps most distinctive for its use of twin intermeshing rotors, having been largely designed by the German aeronautical engineer Anton Flettner.
The Australian Defence Force has operated Boeing CH-47 Chinook heavy-lift helicopters for most of the period since 1974. Thirty four of the type have entered Australian service, comprising twelve CH-47C variants, eight CH-47Ds and fourteen CH-47Fs. The helicopters have been operated by both the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and Australian Army.
Germany will own NATO's second largest helicopter fleet with the 60 Chinooks it announced it was buying last month, German Air Force Chief Ingo Gerhartz was quoted as saying on Friday. Last month ...
Chinook HC6 makes its first flight, June 2014 RAF Chinook HC.6. The Chinook HC6 designation has been assigned to the twenty-four (later reduced to fourteen) CH-47F-derived Chinooks ordered in 2009. In December 2015, the fourteenth and final HC6 was delivered to the RAF. [35] By February 2022 the fleet consisted of HC5, HC6 and HC6A variants. [34]
Interior of Bravo November, 2022 at RAF Museum Nose of the helicopter, in 2013 when it was still in service Hauling a slung load near RAF Odiham RAF's Bravo November Chinook, 2013. Bravo November is the original identification code painted on a British Royal Air Force Boeing Chinook HC6A military serial number ZA718. It was one of the original ...