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    The Boeing CH-47 Chinook is a tandem-rotor helicopter originally developed by American rotorcraft company Vertol and now manufactured by Boeing Defense...
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    demonstrator) Boeing Vertol 107-II Boeing Vertol XCH-62 (Model 301) Boeing Vertol YUH-61 Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight Boeing CH-47 Chinook Boeing Chinook...
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    The Boeing Vertol BV-347 (also known as the Model 347) is an experimental helicopter built by Boeing Vertol from a converted CH-47A Chinook. It was used...
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    The Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight is an American medium-lift tandem-rotor transport helicopter powered by twin turboshaft engines. It was designed by...
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    International Boeing AH-6 Boeing AH-64 Apache Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight (Vertol Aircraft Corp.) Boeing Vertol CH-47 Chinook (Vertol Aircraft Corp.) Boeing Chinook...
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    The Boeing Vertol XCH-62 (Model 301) was a triple-turbine, heavy-lift helicopter project designed for the United States Army by Boeing Vertol. Approved...
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    dispatched to the United States and assessed the Sikorsky S-61, Boeing Vertol 107-II and CH-47 Chinook helicopters. The team judged the Chinook to be clearly...
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    2000 and fielded it in 2007; it supplemented and then replaced their Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knights. The U.S. Air Force (USAF) fielded its version of the...
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    2040s. In March 1967, the United Kingdom placed an order for fifteen Boeing Vertol CH-47B Chinook to replace the Royal Air Force's Bristol Belvedere HC.1...
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    MBB/Kawasaki BK 117 (redirect from CH-143)
    shareholders, Boeing Vertol, began studying options for producing an enlarged derivative of the type to accompany the Bo 105. However, Boeing soon withdrew...
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    rotor helicopters designed and built by Piasecki Helicopter (later Boeing Vertol). Commonly called "the flying banana", it was a multi-mission helicopter...
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    compared to other programs; for example, the development contract for the Boeing P-8 Poseidon was $3.89 billion in 2004. Several powerplants were considered...
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    loading: 7.766 lb/sq ft (37.92 kg/m2) Related development Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight Boeing CH-47 Chinook Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and...
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    heavy equipment instead of troops. In response, Boeing Vertol offered a modified version of the CH-47 Chinook; Kaman Aircraft offered a development of...
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    selected over Boeing Vertol's modified CH-47 Chinook version. The prototype YCH-53A first flew on 14 October 1964. It was designated CH-53A Sea Stallion...
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    145. Official websiteH145 Official websiteH145M Eurocopter EC145 on Rega.ch Archived 7 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine Pilot Report: When less is...
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    while Aeritalia provided control surfaces, Boeing Vertol made the leading edge for the wings, and Boeing Wichita produced the forward fuselage. The CTDC...
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    that the P-1 is a more capable, albeit more expensive, aircraft than the Boeing P-8 Poseidon. In comparison to the P-8, the P-1 has a greater range, a larger...
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    the addition of new unspecified armaments for anti-tank combat missions; Boeing in particular was dismissive of the value of the proposed rotorcraft, claiming...
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    selected over Boeing Vertol's modified CH-47 Chinook version. The prototype YCH-53A first flew on 14 October 1964. The helicopter was designated "CH-53A Sea...
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    BK 117 BK 117-C2 Licensed production Bell 47 Hughes 500 Hughes 369 Boeing-Vertol V-107 Boeing-Vertol CH-47 Lockheed T-33 Lockheed P-2 Lockheed P-3C World...
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    S-64 Skycrane Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Boeing CH-47 Chinook Boeing Vertol XCH-62 Mil Mi-10 Related...
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    (1953) Boeing CH-47 Chinook (1961) - most-produced tandem-rotor helicopter (over 1,200 built) Boeing Model 360 (1987) Boeing Vertol 107-II (1958) Boeing Vertol...
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  • and 150 passengers, and would thus have been competitive with the smaller Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 family jets on short haul routes. The engine choice...
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    "Big Five", with the AAH included. Proposals were submitted by Bell, Boeing Vertol/Grumman team, Hughes, Lockheed, and Sikorsky. In July 1973, the U.S...
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    during US bombing raids over the Japanese home islands, including against Boeing B-29 Superfortresses. The Ki-61 was notable for many reasons: initially...
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    high-altitude performance, mainly to improve interception capabilities against the Boeing B-29 Superfortresses, but only three prototypes were built, and none was...
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    BK 117 BK 117-C2 Licensed production Bell 47 Hughes 500 Hughes 369 Boeing-Vertol V-107 Boeing-Vertol CH-47 Lockheed T-33 Lockheed P-2 Lockheed P-3C World...
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    international collaboration efforts, such as on the American aerospace company Boeing's new 767 airliner. Efforts were made to incorporate the technologies and...
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  • helicopters (derived from the Bell 47), Kawasaki KV-107 helicopters (derived from the Boeing Vertol 107 Model II), and CH-47J / JA heavy-lift helicopters...
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