Military
Boeing CH-47 Chinook
Manufacturer: Boeing
The Boeing CH-47 Chinook is a tandem-rotor helicopter originally developed by American rotorcraft company Vertol and now manufactured by Boeing Defense, Space & Security. The Chinook is a heavy-lift helicopter that is the second-heaviest lifting Western helicopter to the Sikorsky CH-53.
Aircraft Facts
- Type Key
- boeing-ch-47-chinook
- Class
- Military
- Registry Count
- 33
- Example Registration
- N124CD
Specifications
- Length
- 15.6 m / 51 ft
- Height
- 5.68 m / 18 ft
- Max Speed
- 310 km/h / 200 mph
- Cruise Speed
- 291 km/h / 181 mph
- Range
- 306 km / 165 nmi
- Ceiling
- 6100 m / 20000 ft
- First Flight
- 1961-09-21
- Production Start
- 1962
- Total Built
- 1200
Variants
- CH-47D- 28 registrations - Example N124CD
- CH-47(JAX)- 2 registrations - Example N447JK
- CH-47F- 2 registrations - Example N292RN
- CH-47(352)- 1 registrations - Example N37035
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Machine-Readable Resources
Sources
- https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=124CD
- https://www.faa.gov/licenses_certificates/aircraft_certification/aircraft_registry/releasable_aircraft_download
- https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=160DY
- https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=160EH
- https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=160TN
- https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=237PJ
- https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=238PJ
- https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=257PJ
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_CH-47_Chinook