Two CH-47D Chinooks being auctioned off

[Thomas Reilly]

Two CH-47D Chinook helicopters are being auctioned of by the US government.

http://gsaauctions.gov/gsaauctions/auci ... CI14208602

-Thomas Reilly

https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Warb ... 3861560352
http://warbirdwatcher.blog.com/

[p51]

Wow, they usually require aircraft get run through a giant metal shredder before anyone picks up winning aircraft l9ts.

[JohnB]

I saw that in Trade-A-Plane and was surprised..the photo showed a whole aircraft, not a box 'o bits.
They must be selling it whole, but I wonder if it's been canibalized for parts?
Also, who could afford to operate the thing? Are there restrictions on who can buy it....

IIRC, Columbia has some, and if anyone knows ...have they bought any ex-CH-46s?

[Thomas Reilly]

According to the ad "THE WINNING BIDDER...MUST BE APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE".

-Thomas Reilly

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http://warbirdwatcher.blog.com/

[JohnB]

So much for Kim Sung Il's birthday present.

[CoastieJohn]

IMO...$2 mil seems a little spendy for what will likely be stripped down aircraft. Secondly, I don't know what the civilian parts availability is for these airframe types but you needs parts to keep them flying.

[BigGrey]

Columbia operates three different versions of 234's. A friend is a mechanic with them and we were discussing their birds when he brought his family by and stayed a few days in Jan.

http://www.colheli.com/operations/our_a ... el_234_ut/

Les