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boeing-vertol 234


Derived from 114

1978        


Model History:

Boeing built a total of 13 Model 234 civil Chinook helicopters; 6 for British Airways Helicopters (BAH), 3 for Helikopter Services AS in Norway, 1 for Atlantic Richfield (ARCO), Alaska, and 3 for the Taiwanese Army. One BAH machine was written off in a crash in 1986, the remaining five being sold to CHI. Donald Trump briefly owned the single ARCO machine before selling it to Columbia Helicopters Intl. C-FHFH was a CHI machine leased to Helifor when it was written off in a crash in 1997. CHI now owns 8 of the 13 Boeing 234s produced. The Taiwanese Army transferred its three to the Taiwan Forest Service who further leased them to Air Asia for passenger, cargo, SAR, and fire-fighting work.



Derivatives and Versions of this model:

ModelYearHistory
    234ER     1978 One built for Atlantic Richfield (ARCO), Alaska for oil platform support. Sold to Donald Trump for Trump Airlines. Later sold to Colmbia Helico ...
    234LR     1980 Six built for British Airways Helicopters (BAH) and two built for Helikopter Services, AS of Norway. One BAH machine w/o in a crash in 1986, the ...
    234UT     1982 Columbia Helicopters Intl conversion of nine 234ER/LR airframes to utility configuration. One lost in crash near Comox, Canada in 1997.
    234MLR     1984 Three built for Taiwan Army (ostensibly to assuage PRC sensibilities about selling a military Chinook to Taiwan). All three transferred to Nation ...
    234Combi     1996 Boeing designed Combi passenger/freight version of 234. None built.


Organisations / Units with this Model:

From Del'd Rotary wing aircraft units (bold=current)Bases/Heliports
1984/now 7 columbia helicopters international     234LR
1984/95 3 CHC Helikopter Service     234LR
1989/now 2 CHI     234LR
1991/now 2 columbia helicopters international     234ER
1995/now 1 ICARO, S.A.     234UT
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British Airways Helicopters     234LR




Construction Numbers on database of 234 or its versions
1234ER
9234LR
3234MLR

1private owner/unknown
3helifor
2ICARO, S.A.         - ICARO Airlines
3CHC Helikopter Service
3CHI         - Columbia Helicopters International
3Air Asia
3National Forest Agency
3Taiwan Army         - Republic of China Army (Taiwan)
6British Airways Helicopters
1ARCO Alaska
4Boeing Helicopters
9columbia helicopters international
2Trump Airlines


Construction Numbers of this Model: Help Us    

C/NBuilt asYearHistory
    M-2013     234MLR 1986 Boeing Helicopters N244BV : Boeing 234MLR, c/n M-2013, reg N244BV, ff?; del Republic of China (Taiwan) Army as 7203, 1986?, transferred to National Forest Agency(?) as NFA-803, lsd to Air Asia as NA603; current.
Taiwan Army 7203 : Boeing 234MLR, c/n M-2013, reg N244BV, ff?; del Republic of China (Taiwan) Army as 7203, 1986?, transferred to National Forest Agency(?) as NFA-803, lsd to Air Asia as NA603; current.
National Forest Agency NFA-803 : Boeing 234MLR, c/n M-2013, reg N244BV, ff?; del Republic of China (Taiwan) Army as 7203, 1986?, transferred to National Forest Agency(?) as NFA-803, lsd to Air Asia as NA603; current.
Air Asia NA-603 : Boeing 234MLR, c/n M-2013, reg N244BV, ff?; del Republic of China (Taiwan) Army as 7203, 1986?, transferred to National Forest Agency(?) as NFA-803, lsd to Air Asia as NA603; current.
    MJ-001     234LR 1981 British Airways Helicopters G-BJAC : Boeing 234LR, c/n MJ-001, ff?; del BAH as G-BJAC 1982; sold CHI as N234CH, unk; conv 234UT unk; leased to Helifor as C-FHFH unk; w/o ivo Comox, BC on 30Oct97.
columbia helicopters international N234CH : Boeing 234LR, c/n MJ-001, ff?; del BAH as G-BJAC 1982; sold CHI as N234CH, unk; conv 234UT unk; leased to Helifor as C-FHFH unk; w/o ivo Comox, BC on 30Oct97.
helifor C-FHFH : Boeing 234LR, c/n MJ-001, ff?; del BAH as G-BJAC 1982; sold CHI as N234CH, unk; conv 234UT unk; leased to Helifor as C-FHFH unk; w/o ivo Comox, BC on 30Oct97.
    MJ-002     234LR 1981 British Airways Helicopters G-BISO : Boeing 234LR, c/n MJ-002/B-817, ff?; Boeing test reg N235BV; del BAH as G-BISO 1982; sold CHI as N235CH, unk; conv 234UT unk; current.
columbia helicopters international N235CH : Boeing 234LR, c/n MJ-002/B-817, ff?; Boeing test reg N235BV; del BAH as G-BISO 1982; sold CHI as N235CH, unk; conv 234UT unk; current.
    MJ-003     234LR 1981 British Airways Helicopters G-BISR : Boeing 234LR, c/n MJ-003/B-818, ff?; del BAH as G-BSIR 1982; sold CHI as N237CH, unk; conv 234UT unk; leased to CHI-PNG as P2-CHI unk; current.
columbia helicopters international N237CH : Boeing 234LR, c/n MJ-003/B-818, ff?; del BAH as G-BSIR 1982; sold CHI as N237CH, unk; conv 234UT unk; leased to CHI-PNG as P2-CHI unk; current.
CHI P2-CHI : Boeing 234LR, c/n MJ-003/B-818, ff?; del BAH as G-BSIR 1982; sold CHI as N237CH, unk; conv 234UT unk; leased to CHI-PNG as P2-CHI unk; current.
    MJ-004     234LR 1982 British Airways Helicopters G-BWFC : Boeing 234LR, c/n MJ-004, ff?; del BAH as G-BWFC 1982; w/o 06Nov86 when with the loss of 45 lives off Sumburgh, Shetland Islands.
    MJ-005     234LR 1982 British Airways Helicopters G-BISN : Boeing 234LR, c/n MJ-005, ff?; del BAH as G-BISN 1982; sold CHI as N238CH, unk; conv 234UT unk; lsd Helifor as C-GHFP, unk; rtn CHI as N238CH, unk; lsd CHI-PNG as P2-CHY, unk; rtn CHI as N238CH, unk; lsd Helifor as C-FHFB, unk; current.
columbia helicopters international N238CH : Boeing 234LR, c/n MJ-005, ff?; del BAH as G-BISN 1982; sold CHI as N238CH, unk; conv 234UT unk; lsd Helifor as C-GHFP, unk; rtn CHI as N238CH, unk; lsd CHI-PNG as P2-CHY, unk; rtn CHI as N238CH, unk; lsd Helifor as C-FHFB, unk; current.
helifor C-FHFB : Boeing 234LR, c/n MJ-005, ff?; del BAH as G-BISN 1982; sold CHI as N238CH, unk; conv 234UT unk; lsd Helifor as C-GHFP, unk; rtn CHI as N238CH, unk; lsd CHI-PNG as P2-CHY, unk; rtn CHI as N238CH, unk; lsd Helifor as C-FHFB, unk; current.
CHI P2-CHY : Boeing 234LR, c/n MJ-005, ff?; del BAH as G-BISN 1982; sold CHI as N238CH, unk; conv 234UT unk; lsd Helifor as C-GHFP, unk; rtn CHI as N238CH, unk; lsd CHI-PNG as P2-CHY, unk; rtn CHI as N238CH, unk; lsd Helifor as C-FHFB, unk; current.
    MJ-006     234LR 1982 British Airways Helicopters G-BISP : Boeing 234LR, c/n MJ-006/B-839, ff?; del BAH as G-BISP 1982; sold CHI as N239CH, unk; conv 234UT unk; lsd Helifor as C-GHFP unk; rtd CHI as N239CH unk; lsd Helifor as C-FHFJ unk; rtd CHI as N239CH unk; current.
columbia helicopters international N239CH : Boeing 234LR, c/n MJ-006/B-839, ff?; del BAH as G-BISP 1982; sold CHI as N239CH, unk; conv 234UT unk; lsd Helifor as C-GHFP unk; rtd CHI as N239CH unk; lsd Helifor as C-FHFJ unk; rtd CHI as N239CH unk; current.
helifor C-GHFP : Boeing 234LR, c/n MJ-006/B-839, ff?; del BAH as G-BISP 1982; sold CHI as N239CH, unk; conv 234UT unk; lsd Helifor as C-GHFP unk; rtd CHI as N239CH unk; lsd Helifor as C-FHFJ unk; rtd CHI as N239CH unk; current.
helifor C-FHFJ : Boeing 234LR, c/n MJ-006/B-839, ff?; del BAH as G-BISP 1982; sold CHI as N239CH, unk; conv 234UT unk; lsd Helifor as C-GHFP unk; rtd CHI as N239CH unk; lsd Helifor as C-FHFJ unk; rtd CHI as N239CH unk; current.
P2-CHK : 2010 operating in Papua, New Guinea
    MJ-016     234ER 1985 Boeing Helicopters N234BV : Boeing 234ER, c/n MJ-016/B-860, ff?; Boeing reg N234BV; del ARCO Alaska as N234BV, unk; sold Trump as N224TA, unk; sold CHI as N241CH, Jan91; conv 234UT unk; lsd ICARO as HC-CAW, unk; rtn CHI as N241CH, unk; lsd ICARO as HC-CEN, unk; rtn CHI as N241CH, unk; current.
ARCO Alaska N234BV : Boeing 234ER, c/n MJ-016/B-860, ff?; Boeing reg N234BV; del ARCO Alaska as N234BV, unk; sold Trump as N224TA, unk; sold CHI as N241CH, Jan91; conv 234UT unk; lsd ICARO as HC-CAW, unk; rtn CHI as N241CH, unk; lsd ICARO as HC-CEN, unk; rtn CHI as N241CH, unk; current.
Trump Airlines N224TA : Boeing 234ER, c/n MJ-016/B-860, ff?; Boeing reg N234BV; del ARCO Alaska as N234BV, unk; sold Trump as N224TA, unk; sold CHI as N241CH, Jan91; conv 234UT unk; lsd ICARO as HC-CAW, unk; rtn CHI as N241CH, unk; lsd ICARO as HC-CEN, unk; rtn CHI as N241CH, unk; current.
columbia helicopters international N241CH : Boeing 234ER, c/n MJ-016/B-860, ff?; Boeing reg N234BV; del ARCO Alaska as N234BV, unk; sold Trump as N224TA, unk; sold CHI as N241CH, Jan91; conv 234UT unk; lsd ICARO as HC-CAW, unk; rtn CHI as N241CH, unk; lsd ICARO as HC-CEN, unk; rtn CHI as N241CH, unk; current.
ICARO, S.A. HC-CAW : Boeing 234ER, c/n MJ-016/B-860, ff?; Boeing reg N234BV; del ARCO Alaska as N234BV, unk; sold Trump as N224TA, unk; sold CHI as N241CH, Jan91; conv 234UT unk; lsd ICARO as HC-CAW, unk; rtn CHI as N241CH, unk; lsd ICARO as HC-CEN, unk; rtn CHI as N241CH, unk; current.
ICARO, S.A. HC-CEN : Boeing 234ER, c/n MJ-016/B-860, ff?; Boeing reg N234BV; del ARCO Alaska as N234BV, unk; sold Trump as N224TA, unk; sold CHI as N241CH, Jan91; conv 234UT unk; lsd ICARO as HC-CAW, unk; rtn CHI as N241CH, unk; lsd ICARO as HC-CEN, unk; rtn CHI as N241CH, unk; current.
    MJ-017     234LR 1984 CHC Helikopter Service LN-OMK : Boeing 234LR, c/n MJ-017/B-861, ff?; del Helikopter Services, AS as LN-OMK unk; sold CHI as N246CH, Sep95; conv 234UT unk; current.
columbia helicopters international N246CH : Boeing 234LR, c/n MJ-017/B-861, ff?; del Helikopter Services, AS as LN-OMK unk; sold CHI as N246CH, Sep95; conv 234UT unk; current.
columbia helicopters international N246CH : CHI Converted to 234 Combi (19 PAK/UT) Via STC June 2009
    MJ-022     234LR 1985 CHC Helikopter Service LN-OMA : Boeing 234LR, c/n MJ-022, ff?; del Helikopter Services, AS as LN-OMA 1985; sold CHI as N245CH, Sep95; conv 234UT unk; lsd CHI-PNG as P2-CHJ; current.
columbia helicopters international N245CH : Boeing 234LR, c/n MJ-022, ff?; del Helikopter Services, AS as LN-OMA 1985; sold CHI as N245CH, Sep95; conv 234UT unk; lsd CHI-PNG as P2-CHJ; current.
CHI P2-CHJ : Boeing 234LR, c/n MJ-022, ff?; del Helikopter Services, AS as LN-OMA 1985; sold CHI as N245CH, Sep95; conv 234UT unk; lsd CHI-PNG as P2-CHJ; current.
columbia helicopters international N245CH : Returned to US registry April 2009 N245CH 234UT
    MJ-023     234LR 1986 CHC Helikopter Service LN-OMB : Boeing 234LR, c/n MJ-023, ff?; del Helikopter Services, AS as LN-OMB 1986; sold Trump Airlines as N225RA, unk; sold CHI as N242CH, Sep95; conv 234UT unk; lsd ICARO as HC-BYF; rtd CHI as N242CH, current.
Trump Airlines N225RA : Boeing 234LR, c/n MJ-023, ff?; del Helikopter Services, AS as LN-OMB 1986; sold Trump Airlines as N225RA, unk; sold CHI as N242CH, Sep95; conv 234UT unk; lsd ICARO as HC-BYF; rtd CHI as N242CH, current.
columbia helicopters international N242CH : Boeing 234LR, c/n MJ-023, ff?; del Helikopter Services, AS as LN-OMB 1986; sold Trump Airlines as N225RA, unk; sold CHI as N242CH, Sep95; conv 234UT unk; lsd ICARO as HC-BYF; rtd CHI as N242CH, current.
ICARO, S.A. HC-BYF : Boeing 234LR, c/n MJ-023, ff?; del Helikopter Services, AS as LN-OMB 1986; sold Trump Airlines as N225RA, unk; sold CHI as N242CH, Sep95; conv 234UT unk; lsd ICARO as HC-BYF; rtd CHI as N242CH, current.
    MM-819     234MLR 1983 National Forest Agency NFA-802 : Boeing 234MLR, c/n MM-819, reg N241BV, ff?; del Republic of China (Taiwan) Army as 7201, 1983?, transferred to National Forest Agency(?) as NFA-802, lsd to Air Asia as NA602; current.
Air Asia NA-602 : Boeing 234MLR, c/n MM-819, reg N241BV, ff?; del Republic of China (Taiwan) Army as 7201, 1983?, transferred to National Forest Agency(?) as NFA-802, lsd to Air Asia as NA602; current.
Taiwan Army 7201 : Boeing 234MLR, c/n MM-819, reg N241BV, ff?; del Republic of China (Taiwan) Army as 7201, 1983?, transferred to National Forest Agency(?) as NFA-802, lsd to Air Asia as NA602; current.
Boeing Helicopters N241BV : Boeing 234MLR, c/n MM-819, reg N241BV, ff?; del Republic of China (Taiwan) Army as 7201, 1983?, transferred to National Forest Agency(?) as NFA-802, lsd to Air Asia as NA602; current.
    MM-820     234MLR 1983 Taiwan Army 7202 : Boeing 234MLR, c/n MM-820, reg N243BV, ff?; del Republic of China (Taiwan) Army as 7202, 1983?, transferred to National Forest Agency(?) as NFA-801, lsd to Air Asia as NA601; current.
National Forest Agency NFA-801 : Boeing 234MLR, c/n MM-820, reg N243BV, ff?; del Republic of China (Taiwan) Army as 7202, 1983?, transferred to National Forest Agency(?) as NFA-801, lsd to Air Asia as NA601; current.
Air Asia NA-601 : Boeing 234MLR, c/n MM-820, reg N243BV, ff?; del Republic of China (Taiwan) Army as 7202, 1983?, transferred to National Forest Agency(?) as NFA-801, lsd to Air Asia as NA601; current.
Boeing Helicopters N243BV : Boeing 234MLR, c/n MM-820, reg N243BV, ff?; del Republic of China (Taiwan) Army as 7202, 1983?, transferred to National Forest Agency(?) as NFA-801, lsd to Air Asia as NA601; current.
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