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On this day 4 decades ago, the Royal Air Force receives its first Chinook helicopter
(Photo courtesy of Boeing)
And the rest is history serving Falklands, Beirut, Kuwait, The Balkans, Sierra Leone, Afghanistan, Mali now.
Speaking of history, remember late Eric Winkle Brown Book ‚Wings On My Sleeve‘, he went to Boeing Philadelphia to fly the prototype YCH-47A in 1962 (?) as MoD were looking at it with possible purchase in late 60s but did not come to fruition till decade and a bit later.
cheers
Boeing: Celebrating 40 years of Chinook
www.boeing.co.uk
(Photo courtesy of Boeing)
And the rest is history serving Falklands, Beirut, Kuwait, The Balkans, Sierra Leone, Afghanistan, Mali now.
Speaking of history, remember late Eric Winkle Brown Book ‚Wings On My Sleeve‘, he went to Boeing Philadelphia to fly the prototype YCH-47A in 1962 (?) as MoD were looking at it with possible purchase in late 60s but did not come to fruition till decade and a bit later.
cheers