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Boeing CH-47C Chinook
- Reg: MM80840 photos
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Serial #:
M019
- Airline: Italy - Army
- Photo Date: Feb 12, 2012
- Uploaded: Mar 29, 2012
- Milano Malpensa - LIMC, Italy
MM80840 / EI-818 - Preserved at Volandia Aviation Museum Milano Malpensa Italy - The CH-47 Chinook is a medium helicopter capable of carrying loads comparable to those of aircraft. It is used for military and commercial transport and for disaster relief. Conceived in 1956 in reply to a US Army battlefield mobility requirement, the Vertol Model 114 offered a large and easily accessible cargo box thanks to the layout typical of Frank Piasecki (1919-2008) designs, with two counter-rotating rotors atop the fuselage that allowed dispensing with the tail-mounted antitorque rotor. The new helicopter could carry up to 8 tons or 44 soldiers. The prototype flew on 21 September 1961, by when Vertol had been absorbed by Boeing. The first CH-47A were delivered in 1962 and found use in Vietnam.
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MM80840 / EI-818 - Preserved at Volandia Aviation Museum Milano Malpensa Italy - The CH-47 Chinook is a medium helicopter capable of carrying loads comparable to those of aircraft. It is used for military and commercial transport and for disaster relief. Conceived in 1956 in reply to a US Army battlefield mobility requirement, the Vertol Model 114 offered a large and easily accessible cargo box thanks to the layout typical of Frank Piasecki (1919-2008) designs, with two counter-rotating rotors atop the fuselage that allowed dispensing with the tail-mounted antitorque rotor. The new helicopter could carry up to 8 tons or 44 soldiers. The prototype flew on 21 September 1961, by when Vertol had been absorbed by Boeing. The first CH-47A were delivered in 1962 and found use in Vietnam.Camera
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- Reg: MM80840 photos
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Aircraft:
Boeing CH-47C Chinook
- Airline: Italy - Army
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Serial #:
M019
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Milano Malpensa - LIMC
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