Posted on Sep 20, 2016
US Army Power - Attack Helicopters Boeing CH-47 Chinook Military Documentary
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The maiden flight of the CH 47 Chinook September 21, 1961. The Boeing CH-47 Chinook is an American twin-engine, tandem rotor heavy-lift helicopter. Its primary roles are troop movement, artillery placement and battlefield resupply. It has a wide loading ramp at the rear of the fuselage and three external ventral cargo hooks. With a top speed of 170 knots (196 mph, 315 km/h) the helicopter was faster than contemporary 1960s utility helicopters and attack helicopters, and is still one of the fastest helicopters in the US inventory. The CH-47 is among the heaviest lifting Western helicopters. Its name is from the Native American Chinook people.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_CH-47_Chinook
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_CH-47_Chinook
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SGT William Howell
I love the OH58s! I see that they are going to retire them. There goes all those aircrew slots.
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SGT William Howell - They all do that. But compared to the 701Cs on the Hawks and Apaches, the T55-714s on the chinook are insane with the amount of power they put to those Rotor systems
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SFC Mark Merino - The -58 was a great aircraft for what it was designed for, but being mismanaged for decades, lead to its ultimate demise.
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Nice share, have seen several of these fly over where I work, it's been a while though.
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