On September 21, 1961, Boeing conducted the first flight of a very strange contraption that would come to be known as the CH-47 Chinook. The helicopter thus turned 60 earlier this week, but the moment ...

The US Army had grounded its entire fleet of CH-47 Chinook helicopters, per The Wall Street Journal. The Army confirmed it was aware of a small number of engine fires in the Boeing-made helicopters.

Welcome back to The Daily Aviation for a feature on the agility of CH-47 Chinook helicopters to land on incredibly ...

Today on FRAME, we will explore how the U.S. Air Force maintains, repairs, and rebuilds one of the most iconic heavy-lift ...

In 1962, Boeing introduced the CH-47 Chinook, that funky-looking, tandem-rotor heavy lift machine we are so used to see flying over the battlefields of America’s wars. It’s quite an old breed of ...

A little over 60 years ago, the YCH-1B, the prototype for the H-47 Chinook tandem-rotor heavy-lift helicopter, first took flight. It was developed and designed at Vertol, but by the time the prototype ...

Soldiers from the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division conduct sling load operations with a CH-47 Chinook from the 1st Air Cavalry Brigade Feb 21. Sling load operations streamline ...

Boeing plans to soon test fly a legacy CH-47 Chinook helicopter with two GE Aviation T408 turboshaft engines, which each produce 7,500shp (5,600kW). The GE T408 turboshaft has 2,500shp more than the ...

The Spanish Chinook aircraft during its first flight. Credit: Boeing photo. Boeing has delivered an upgraded CH-47 Chinook helicopter to the Spanish Army, to strengthen its heavy-lifting capabilities.

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Aircrews and maintenance personnel with the 5th Battalion, 159th General Support Aviation (5th, 159th) Battalion of Fort Eustis, Va., brought four CH-47 Chinook helicopters to support training in the ...