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Capable of a top speed of 170 knots (200 mph; 310 km/h), upon its introduction to service in 1962, the helicopter was considerably faster than contemporary 1960s utility helicopters and attack helicopters, and is still one of the fastest helicopters in the US inventory.
Columbia Helicopters Boeing Vertol 107-II and Boeing 234 A Piasecki H-21B in the early 1960s A Yakovlev Yak-24 at Central Air Force Museum. Bell HSL (1953); Boeing CH-47 Chinook (1961) - most-produced tandem-rotor helicopter (over 1,200 built)
The Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight is an American medium-lift tandem-rotor transport helicopter powered by twin turboshaft engines.It was designed by Vertol and manufactured by Boeing Vertol following Vertol's acquisition by Boeing.
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.
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.
The Boeing Chinook is a large, tandem rotor helicopter operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF). A series of variants based on the United States Army's Boeing CH-47 Chinook, the RAF Chinook fleet is the largest outside the United States. [1]
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 ...
Light observation helicopter Bell Aircraft Corporation: Bell 47 variant. 1945 1946 2407 Bell H-12: Military utility helicopter Bell Aircraft: Company Model 48: 1946 Never 13 [3] Kellett XR-10: Military transport helicopter Kellett Autogiro Corporation Prototype. Program canceled 1949. 1947 Never 2 Sikorsky S-52: Utility helicopter Sikorsky ...