With a twin-rotor helicopter such as the famous Chinook military aircraft, the tail rotor is superfluous because the tendency to rotate imparted by the front rotor is counteracted by an equal but ...

First flown in 1961 and officially entering service in 1962, the CH-47 Chinook was built for power and durability. With twin ...

The Chinook’s cockpit accommodates two pilots and an observer. The communications suite includes jam resistant HF and UHF radio systems and the helicopter ... under the rear rotor blades.

Then on Saturday, two Chinook and two Black Hawk helicopters will be making their way around the Tri-Cities before landing at the center to pick them up, said a news release from the National Guard.

Perhaps no military helicopter has a more iconic silhouette than the twin-engined, tandem-rotor CH-47 Chinook. Unlike the Apache, Blackhawk, or Hind, the Chinook is primarily used as a heavy-lift ...

The contract award, worth $240 million, is part of the ongoing effort by the US Army to modernise its Block II Chinook rotorcraft fleet. After giving European Tiger attack helicopters and NH90 large ...

The Chinook and Sea Knight are similar twin-rotor helicopters. According to Boeing, which manufactures the choppers, the Chinook was designed for the Army while the Sea Knight was produced for the ...

talks through the advanced avionics on board the latest generation battlefield utility AW149 helicopter. The Chinook has served in every RAF campaign of the past 40 years. But in Afghanistan, it faced ...

Then on Saturday, two Chinook and two Black Hawk helicopters will be making their way around the Tri-Cities before landing at the center to pick them up, said a news release from the National Guard.