On this day 4 decades ago, the Royal Air Force receives its first Chinook helicopter
http://www.boeing.co.uk/chinook40?sf240237743=1&fbclid=IwAR0F1GCD1qs8Cl9QJHI3C2gcBS80RflFrlUxqF7_2uk1BkL9FkRaC3lI33M
(Photo courtesy of Boeing)
And the rest is history serving Falklands, Beirut, Kuwait...
A January 1974 (draft final) report for the Office of Naval Research, prepared by the Boeing Vertol Company:
http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/777988.pdf
Cutaway drawing of Boeing-Vertol ACH-47 "Armed/Armored Chinook" press photo found on eBay.
Source:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1965-Boeing-Vertol-Division-Press-Photo-/190704761031?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item2c66e3b8c7
Look for this Boeing VTOL project,we spoke about it before,but they
spoke about the FAAV,may be it was Boeing FAAV.
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19910012218_1991012218.pdf
I really ought to know more about this, but we seem to have a couple of people with some rotorcraft experience around these parts, but who knows what about the Boeing 360? It seems to have been discussed here only in passing.
Some stuff from Interavia, 1987...
Because of its origins, the 360...
1972 US Army AAH Program : Competition for the Advanced Attack Helicopter was between the Hughes Model 77 (YAH-64) and the Bell 409 (YAH-63).
Other contenders were the Boeing Vertol AAH and the Lockheed CL-1700, a Cheyenne derivative. The Hughes Model 77 was selected and designated the AH-64...
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