Sharing its name with a type of wind, which Boeing helicopter is technically known as the CH-47?
Correct answer: Chinook
Player #9955207 70yr
I crew one in Korea.
Player #29793410
I was a helicopter mechanic in the Marine Corps on thee heaviest lift helicopter the US military has and that's the CH-53 Sea Stallion
Tanya
I didn't know Chinook was a wind. I know it's a fish. Love learning!
EarliestSpur6
I just read an article on this workhorse of the military. They now have such advanced flight controls that they can deliver cargo or troops in pretty much any weather conditions to the tops of mountains where the clearance is minimal.
Player #21374632
jimmyhoward3535, that is the first thing i noticed, not one of the beautiful flying machines in the picture.
ReflexProposal11
Player#MaBe, with a constant vertical vibration.Forward flight is at a 35°angle relative to the ground. 30,000 lbs working load.
Mischevious Mike
To me, the photo is misleading, I've been on a Chinook & it didn't look like that.
Tur D'ferguson
Parachute jumped off the tailgate of these big boys many times while in Army. AATW
old metal worker
when I was a marine grunt we called them troop caskets. I went down in one.
Player 2small4real
all helicopters are named after native Americans.
Slim Charles
Player 2small4real, not cool
Wisenheimer
A Chinook is a relatively warm and welcome wind in the Northwest. It is also a sled dog breed. Also a type of Salmon. Also the brand name of a beer. Also a knife. Who knows what else a Chinook is?
zeusdawg
Tanya, it is a wind, and also a species of salmon
lesil
Player #9955207 70yr, thank you for your service !
MissK
I've lived both in Rapid City, SD, east of the Black Hills and Denver, CO, east of the Rocky Mountains. RCSD is 400 mi. north of DenCO. Both experience similar weather patterns, including the Chinook Winds in the Winter. Warm distinctive downslope winds, melt snow.
Sgt Mad Dog
Player #9955207 70yr, I flew in several missions in those things in Nam, rough ride.
Weasel
Ronnie, no, it isn't
Ronnie
the chinook is a Bell helicopter!!!
Ktkk
Player 2small4real,
Wow, I didn’t know that.
Player#MaBe
I always wondered how they could fly
AntediluvianCarp103
Player #1272420, History will prove you wrong. Try channeling that anger into something constructive.