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Business Insider: We got inside the massive CH-47 Chinook helicopter — the US Army's transport workhorse
FORT BLISS, Texas — Spread across Biggs Army Airfield, and tucked in between the mountains surrounding it, were Blackhawks, Apaches— and yes, Chinook helicopters.
The Boeing CH-47 Chinook has been the US Army's main soldier and supply transport aircraft since it was first put into service in the early 1960s.
In 2013, the Army upgraded a number of its Chinooks to the CH-47F versions, which, among many other improvements, turned the old analogue gauges in the cockpit to full-glass cockpits with multi-functional displays.
I got a chance to see the CH-47F up-close during our recent trip to Fort Bliss.
Here's what I saw:
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WNU Editor: A workhouse that keeps on working.
2 comments:
I enjoy each time fly over my house. In fact I run outside like a child to see! The beat is unmistakable.
Hate those things.
I like to see them train and maintain their proficiency. Great capacity
I worry about the pressure wave.
Nothing like riding a CH-47 and getting painted by civilians. CH-47 are slow.
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