Helicopters have been around since before the Second World War when Igor Sikorsky took his VS-300 in the skies over Connecticut. Decades of evolution have made these machines incredibly reliable and ...

Helicopters are, by design, kind of quirky aircraft, but on the scale of strangeness there's nothing more so than the CH-47 Chinook, the so-called king of pinnacle landings. And not even the most ...

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The Army plans to fly its Vietnam-era workhorse CH-47 Chinook cargo helicopter for 100 years by continuously upgrading the platform through a series of ongoing technological adjustments designed to ...

The US Army’s decision to continue investing in the Boeing CH-47 Chinook more than six decades after its first flight reflects a broader shift in how modern militaries approach capability, cost, and ...

Chinooks are capable of a pinnacle landing, wherein the helicopter is half on the ground while the other half hovers off a ...

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The Boeing CH-47 Chinook is the workhorse of the U.S. military and has been around in one form or another since 1961. This elongated helicopter is designed to haul cargo and troops, as well as aid in ...

Flight Americas Editor Graham Warwick discusses why the venerable Chinook won yet another contest and what it means for future US military helicopter requirements Boeing’s HH-47 Chinook is believed to ...

The US Army has grounded about 400 Boeing-made CH-47 Chinook helicopters due to concerns over engine fires. The Wall Street Journal first reported the news. An Army spokesperson, Cynthia Smith, told ...

Boeing could start flight tests of a US Army NCH-47D Chinook with the more powerful GE Aviation T408-GE-400 turboshaft engine within a couple of months, if not several weeks. Boeing could start flight ...