50 years old and still ging strong CH-47

[262crew]

http://boeing.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=2389

[Invader26]

The Herky Bird with rotors...

[gary1954]

aaaaaaaahhhhhhh the Hook, and I'm a Hooker!

[seaknight15]

still love my ch-46 they are moving into bigger spaces to make the new contract for the 47.


Pappy

[The Inspector]

still love my ch-46 they are moving into bigger spaces to make the new contract for the 47.


Pappy

The phrog is closin' in on the big 50 too!

[TROJANII]

They've only made 1200 in 50 years? I would have thought for some reason the Army would have had at least that many currently serving.

[JohnB]

They've only made 1200 in 50 years? I would have thought for some reason the Army would have had at least that many currently serving.

Many (if not most) of the ones currently serving are rebuilds of older airframes (Bs to Ds). IIRC, some of the "new" ones will be rebuilt Ds.
They rebuild them and slap new FY serials on them.

[gemmer]

They've only made 1200 in 50 years? I would have thought for some reason the Army would have had at least that many currently serving.

Many (if not most) of the ones currently serving are rebuilds of older airframes (Bs to Ds). IIRC, some of the "new" ones will be rebuilt Ds.
They rebuild them and slap new FY serials on them.

The C model I crewed in 'Nam was rebuilt as a D and eventually went to Korea. It was still there in the late '80s. I wouldn't be surprised if it was rebuilt again.

Duane

[TROJANII]

So, are they going to be building new airframes or just upgrading prior models?

[JohnB]

So, are they going to be building new airframes or just upgrading prior models?

Don't know...probably both.