Saturday, March 10, 2018

A Look Inside The Massive CH-47 Chinook Helicopter

Daniel Brown/Business Insider

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:

manstien said...

I enjoy each time fly over my house. In fact I run outside like a child to see! The beat is unmistakable.

Unknown said...

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.