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	CH-47 Chinook - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Eight CH-47C Chinooks were delivered to the Canadian Armed Forces in 1974.
		The Chinook could be equipped with two door-mounted M60D 7.62 mm NATO machine guns on the M24 armament subsystem and a ramp-mounted M60D using the M41 armament subsystem.
		Chinooks have been sold to 16 nations, the largest users of which are the US Army and the Royal Air Force (see RAF Chinook).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/CH-47_Chinook (1175 words)

	Military Factory - CH-47 Chinook
		The CH-47 Chinook is a twin-engine, tandem rotor, cargo helicopter.
		The C-47 Chinook is equipped with two T55-GA-714A turboshaft engines, which are pod-mounted on either side of the rear pylon under the rear rotor blades.
		The venerable twin-engine, tandem rotor C-47 Chinook helicopter has undergone numerous upgrades since the first CH-47A model was delivered to the Army for use in Vietnam.
	www.militaryfactory.com /aircraft/popup.asp?aircraft_id=56 (714 words)

	Corgi AA99167 - Diecast Model CH-47 Chinook (HC.2) 2-Piece Set: The Flying Mule
		Chinooks are used primarily for trooping and for load carrying (both internal and under-sling) and can carry up to 54 troops or 10 tonnes of freight.
		The Chinook is a very capable and versitile support helicopter and has been involved in most other recent UK operations such as the Falklands conflict, Northern Ireland, the Gulf war, peacekeeping in the Balkans, evectuation of Sierra Leone and operations in Afghanistan and Iraq (operation Telic).
		The Chinook remains in service today with the US Army in large numbers, as well as with the Air Arms of many overseas countries, including the Royal Air Force, which is one of the largest users and ordered an initial batch of 33 in 1978 powered by Avro-Lycoming T55-L-IIE engines.
	www.flyingmule.com /products/CG-AA99167 (434 words)

	Boeing: History -- Products - Boeing CH-47 Chinook Rotorcraft
		The CH-47D Chinook was a central element in U.S. Army operations in the Persian Gulf War, where more than 160 Chinooks carried U.S. and Allied troops to outflank Iraqi forces and cut off their retreat from Kuwait.
		During the last days of the war, one Chinook is reported to have carried 147 refugees in a single lift.
		Chinooks first were used in combat in 1965 during the Vietnam conflict.
	www.boeing.com /history/boeing/chinook.html (571 words)

	Boeing: Integrated Defense Systems - CH-47D/F Chinook Home
		Chinook helicopters were introduced in 1962 as the CH-47 Chinook, and models A, B and C were deployed in Vietnam.
		Under this program, select D-Model Chinooks from the U.S. Army fleet are available to military users and service organizations worldwide providing them affordable aircraft fully capable and easily up-gradable to include any future system provided in the CH-47D.
		Currently, the U.S. Army and international countries operate over 600 CH-47D Chinooks.
	www.boeing.com /rotorcraft/military/ch47d (597 words)

	Boeing CH-47 Chinook
		The CH-47 Chinook is tandem rotor medium/heavy lift helicopter with a pair of 3 bladed, contra-rotating rotors atop a square section, semi-monocoque, all-metal fuselage, supported on a non-retracting quadricycle undercarriage.
		The Chinook is one of the world’s most reliable and efficient transport helicopter, capable of handling loads up to 28,000 lbs with a maximum gross weight of 54,000 lbs.
		Chinooks have served in all branches of the US military and para-military and the armed forces of Argentina, Australia, Egypt, Greece, Iran, Italy, Japan, Libya, Morocco, Netherlands, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand and the UK.
	www.helis.com /60s/h_h47.php (1046 words)

	GULF WAR CH-47 CHINOOK
		BOEING - VERTOL CH-47 CHINOOK HC.1, RAF - "GULF WAR" DESERT PINK CAMO, 1991
		Chinook Squadron Middle East flew one thousand hours and lifted over a million kilograms of freight in the first seven weeks of operations –84% of the total carried by all UK support helicopters, including RN Sea Kings.
		During the 1991 Gulf War with Iraq, the Chinooks were responsible for transporting army personnel and equipment prior to, and during, the land war.
	www.aikensairplanes.com /corgi/c34204.htm (313 words)

	The Future is here already: its called the Chinook!
		It is currently taking about 147 days to repair Chinooks to re-deployment condition.
		We suggest that we utilize the cargo restraint hooks on the Chinook's floor to add a length of nylon strap and a carabiner/snaplink that the troops would connect to their rigger's belts at their belly button so if the chopper crashes they are restrained until the wreckage comes to a stop.
		Since the Chinook is going to be America's heavy lift helicopter for the next 20+ years its time we look at what we can do to maximize this air delivery means to get the job done on the non-linear battlefield.
	www.geocities.com /usarmyaviationdigest/superchinook.htm (5360 words)

	CH-47
		In 1982 CH-47 A, B, and C model Chinooks reached their 20 year service life and were directed back to the factory for remanufacturing and dynamic component upgrade.
		The CH-47 Chinook cargo helicopter is the Army’s medium lift battlefield work horse, with over 35 years in the field.
		The result was the CH-47D model Chinook, which has played a key role in every major Army endeavor over the past 15 years.
	www.aviation.army.mil /factsheets/NOOK.html (353 words)

	The Boeing Sea Knight & Chinook
		The CH-47Fs are expected to remain in service until 2033 at earliest, at which time the Chinook will have been in US Army service for over 70 years.
		The Chinooks were generally armed with a single 7.62 millimeter machine gun on a pintle mount on either side of the machine for self-defense, with stops fitted to keep the gunners from firing into the rotor blades.
		The Chinook had a rear loading ramp that could be set to any level to allow loads from truckbeds or other platforms, and which could be opened in flight for dropping paratroops or parachute loads.
	www.vectorsite.net /avch47.html (6795 words)

	ch-47 chinook - Helicopter Database
		Initial order for 33 CH-47Cs placed Feb 1978 and these entered service as the Chinook HC.1 in Dec 1980 at RAF Odiham, home of the RAF Support Helicopter Force.
		The Chinook HC.3 was available in 1998 but despite reasonable performance tests has been delayed in entry to service, through deterioration in Boeing storage, difficulties with a new self defence system and a cockpit upgrade.
		RAF had two false-starts in acquiring the Chinook as a medium/heavy lift helicopter.
	www.helis.com /database/go/uk_ch-47_chinook_142.php (311 words)

	Chinook - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Chinook Jargon, a pidgin hybrid of Chinookan, Nootka, Chehalis, French and English
		The Chinook, an early 20th Century newspaper in Vancouver, B.C., published by George Murray
		This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chinook (117 words)

	Chinook helicopters and Company H, 4th Battalion, 7th Aviation Regiment - "Pegasus".
		Since it's conception and design over 40 years ago, the Chinook helicopter has been the workhorse of the United States Army and has served many other countries around the world.
		Chinook helicopters and Company H, 4th Battalion, 7th Aviation Regiment - "Pegasus".
		WANTED: Video of the Chinook helicopter in action.
	www.chinook-helicopter.com (482 words)

	eBay - chinook ..., Camping, Hiking, Backpacking, Postcards Paper items on eBay.com
		Chinook HC CH-47D helicopeter model kit matchbox 1:72
		US Army CH-47 Chinook Helicopter Patch: Vietnam Iraq
		Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, by Gibbs 1863 Scarce
	search-desc.ebay.com /search/search.dll?query=chinook+...&newu=1&krd=1 (390 words)

	CH-46 Sea Knight vs CH-47 Chinook
		This effort was cancelled in favor of the larger CH-47 Chinook of the same company.
		In the next scene they are flying towards the target and the helicopters have been magically transformed into the Army's CH-47 Chinook [the twin-engine Marine Corp UH-1Ns also suddenly become single-engine Army UH-1Hs].
		The US marines tested a modified version, the Model 107M, that was soon accepted as the HRB-1, which became in the CH-46.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/aircraft/ch-467.htm (278 words)

	CH-47 CHINOOK (BOEING VERTOL)
		The CH-47 Chinook aircraft is a twin-turbine-engine, tandem-rotor, medium-transport helicopter.
		The CH-47 is used for troop movement, cargo and weapons transportation, and as an air ambulance under day, night, visual, and instrument conditions.
		To the best of my knowledge all military data and images presented in these pages are UNCLASSIFIED, NON-SENSITIVE, and approved for public release.
	www.inetres.com /gp/military/ar/rotor/CH-47.html (269 words)

	CH-47F Chinook
		The CH-47 Chinook is a twin-engine, tandem-rotor, heavy-lift transport helicopter in service with the US Army and other Armed Forces worldwide.
		In addition, the CH-47 Chinook can be employed for medical evacuation, aircraft recovery, fire fighting, parachute drops, heavy construction, civil development, disaster relief and search and rescue.
		The US Special Operations Command will increase their current fleet of 34 MH-47D/E special operations heavy assault Chinooks to 61 MH-47Gs, with options on further aircraft.
	www.deagel.com /pandora?p=pm00105003 (271 words)

	CH-47 Chinook: Heavy Lift Champ
		At Fort Rucker the CH-47 Chinook helicopters, their pilots and maintenance crews are centrally located at Knox Army Heliport, but the expanse of the Chinook is much broader.
		All Chinooks are manufactured by the Boeing Helicopter Company, but additional parts like the Heliborne Aerial Firefighting System, manufactured by the Aero Union Corporation are made specifically for large helicopters like the Chinook.
		Five transmissions power the Chinook’s 60-foot rotors, and the airframe is capable of in-flight refueling.
	www-rucker.army.mil /50th/ch47_chinook.html (575 words)

	BAE SYSTEMS North America: News and Information: News Releases
		In addition to about 450 U.S. Army Chinooks, military units worldwide operate about 350 CH-47s that are potential candidates for the flight control upgrade.
		The DAFCS replaces a legacy flight control system on CH-47D helicopters as Boeing upgrades 300 of those aircraft to the F-model standard under contract to the U.S. Army.
		"Achieving first flight in just over a year after contract award is a credit to the Boeing and BAE Systems teams, and will ultimately benefit the warfighter by bringing the modernized helicopter to the field quickly," said Jack Dougherty, director of Boeing Chinook Programs.
	www.na.baesystems.com /releasesDetail.cfm?a=311 (365 words)

	LearnThis.Info Encyclopedia articles beginning with 'Ch'
		C > Ch Listed below are all articles that begin with Ch.
	encyclopedia.learnthis.info /c/ch (145 words)

	Boeing Vertol CH-47 Chinook
		First flown in 1961 as the YHC-1B, the pre-production models were redesignated CH-47s and given the name Chinook.
		The Chinook saw service in South East Asia not only for the transport of troops and supplies and for casualty evacuation but also for the recovery of damaged aircraft and the airlift of refugees.
		The Boeing Vertol Model 114 was selected by the U.S. Army as a battlefield mobility helicopter.
	www.kensaviation.com /CH-47.htm (86 words)

	Maintenance Platform for Chinook CH-47 Helicopter
		The CH-47 Maintenance Platform was designed with direct input from maintenance technicians who service the Chinook Helicopter.
		More photos, specifications, and descriptions of various features, warranty, and technical support are available on our Chinook Maintenance Platform Specs Page.
		Maintenance platforms to service Sikorsky H-60 Helicopters, including the Black Hawk, the Sea Hawk, the Jay Hawk, the Pave Hawk, the Fire Hawk, and the S-70, are available.
	www.precision.rotor.com /trialpgs/chinook.shtml (540 words)

	Boeing-Vertol CH-47 Chinook
		The size of the Chinook is rather deceptive, its huge dimensions becoming apparent only when entering the cargo hold.
		An Australian Army Chinook gets a thorough wash before returning to its parking area at Townsville, Australia.
		US Army CH-47C leaves the airshow scene, the loadmaster waving goodbye to the crowd
	meltingpot.fortunecity.com /clyde/808/ch47.html (174 words)

	CH-47 Chinook, Boeing Vertol CH-47 Chinook, Army Military Aviation, Photography, Photographs, Photos
		Chinooks have flown for the Royal Australian Air Force (12), and the Spanish Ejercito del Aire (12), and other models were sold to Argentina, Canada, Great Britain and Thailand.
		A total of 472 of these older CH-47's were upgraded to the CH-47D standard.
		Over 800 Chinooks have been built in all.
	www.photovault.com /Link/Military/Army/Aircraft/CH-47Chinook.html (1001 words)

	CH-47 CHINOOK SCALE MODEL HELICOPTER - HCH47
		Model of the helicopter "CH-47 Chinook" US Army.
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	CH-47 Chinook 1-72 by Airfix - SHOP.COM
		The chinook is a tandem rotared medium transport helicopter which can carry up to 55 troops, this kit features 153 pieces and decals for ch-47c spanish army aviation spain 1978 and RAF odibam UK 1981.
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	www.shop.com /op/aprod-p29899958 (146 words)

	Authorization and Funding for Upgrades to the CH-47 Chinook Helicopter
		Authorization and Funding for Upgrades to the CH-47 Chinook Helicopter
	lobby.la.psu.edu /016_Funding_for_CH47/frameset_ch47.html (10 words)

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	RCUniverse - The Ultimate RC Site! - Research & Discuss RC Airplanes, RC Helicopters, RC Cars, Boats, Engines, Radios, Park Flyers and more plus RC Classifieds and Auction
		MRC/Altech releases newly improved 50 size Chinook kit.
		Hirobo has modified the bird with a new main frame design, larger tank, additional body style (CH-46 Vertol - item number 0406903), and updated heads and swashplates.
		Scale model of a unique twin rotor helicopter!
	www.rcuniverse.com /product_guide/newproduct.cfm?product_id=599 (258 words)

	Collect-Aire Advisor Rare Kits
		CH-47 Chinook "In Action", Number 91, soft cover, 50 pages, rare out of production highhly detailed work on this much respected and sought after detail on this multi use work horse.
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