The Chinook was originally designed by Vertol, which had begun work in 1957 on a new tandem-rotor helicopter, designated as the Vertol Model 107 or V-107. Its name, Chinook, is from the Native American Chinook people of Oregon and Washington states. Boeing CH-47 Chinook is a tandem rotor helicopter developed by American rotorcraft company Vertol and manufactured by Boeing Vertol.
The Chinook is a heavy-lift helicopter that is among the heaviest lifting Western helicopters. Initially designated as the YCH-1B, on 21 September 1961, the preproduction rotorcraft performed its maiden flight. In 1962, the HC-1B was redesignated CH-47A under the 1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system.
HILO, HI, UNITED STATES
U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter flies over O'ahu while transporting Detachment 1, Golf Company, 1st Battalion, 189th Aviation Regiment and Detachment 1, Golf Company, 3rd Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment Soldiers to a training location at Hilo, Hawaii, June 10, 2022. The Hawaii Army National Guard Soldiers planned to participate in a multi-day training exercise involving flight operations, weather forecasting, maintenance, fuelers, flight medics, flight crew chief, and pilots.
Germany to acquire 60 new Chinooks
The latest version of the Boeing CH-47 Chinook, the CH-47F, has a cruise speed of 291km/h with a range of 370.4km. It has a useful load of 10,886kg and a 3,914-liter fuel capacity. Boeing is also in the process of delivering 14 Chinooks to the UK’s Royal Air Force (RAF) through a US$578 million Foreign Military Sales contract awarded in June 2021.
Boeing will deliver the helicopters in collaboration with its Chinook Deutschland team, including Airbus Helicopters, AERO-Bildung, CAE, Honeywell, ESG, Rolls-Royce Deutschland, and Lufthansa Technik.
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