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Boeing - Part III
Back to Part II
January 13, 1989 : Boeing CH-47D
An US Army program to modernize more than 470 Chinooks.
A new triple-hook system allows outsized cargo to be flown with greater
stability at speeds up to three times faster than prior variants.
With a max gross weight of 22.680 kg, the center hook has a capacity
of 11.974 Kg and the forward and aft hooks are rated at 7.711 Kg each.
March 19, 1989 :
Bell / Boeing 901 Osprey (V-22)
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May 31, 1990 : Boeing MH-47E
The worldwide deploy ability variant of the Chinook to perform clandestine,
deep-penetration missions in adverse weather day or night over any terrain.
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1993 : Boeing 414
The civilian variant of the CH-47D Chinook
1995 : CH-47J Chinook
Boeing & Kawasaki Heavy Industries co - produced the
Chinook in Gifu, Japan to procure near 50 units to the Japanese
Ground and Air Self-Defense forces.
January 4, 1996 :
Sikorsky/Boeing RAH-66 Comanche
1997 :
Boeing acquired
Mc Donnell Douglas
The
AH-64 Apache
is now owned by Boeing.
September 8, 1998 :
After 10 pre - production units built, the first production V-22 Osprey
fuselage is shipped.
February 19, 1999 :
Boeing sold MD commercial line to RDM
The dutch company buy the ex Mc Donnell Douglas models MD 500E and
MD 530F single-engine helicopters with conventional tail rotors, the MD 520N
and MD 600N single-engine NOTAR helicopters and the MD Explorer series of
twin-engine, eight-place helicopters.
June 22, 2002 :
Four Generations, from bottom to top: the HUP, CH-21, CH-46 and CH-47.
Photo via Classic Rotors
May 15, 2002:
Boeing delivered the first remanufactured CH-47F Chinook
helicopter to the U.S. Army which plans to upgrade 300 of its 432
CH-47Ds to the F-model configuration in order to keep Chinooks in the Army
rotary wing fleet at least through the mid-2030s.
June 20, 2003:
Boeing delivers
300th Longbow Apache to US Army
May 7, 2004:
Boeing delivers first
MH-47G Special Operations Chinook
Dec 2, 2005:
A160 Hummingbird First Flight
March 4, 2006:
USMC VMM-263 become
first operational MV-22 Osprey squadron
June 15, 2006:
New-built CH-47F Chinook to US Army
July 12, 2006:
Boeing
Unmanned Little Bird Demonstrator first flight.
August 9, 2006:
Boeing delivers
501st AH-64D Apache Longbow to US Army
October 9, 2006: A/MH-6X
Manned/Unmanned Light Helicopter makes first flight
November 8, 2006: CSAR-X
Boeing HH-47
Awarded US Air Force Combat Search and Rescue Contract
November 16, 2006:
A160 Hummingbird UAV
resumed test flight operations
December 20, 2007:
Boeing signs
10-Year Agreement with Hindustan Aeronautics
February 11, 2008:
Helicopter pioneer Frank Piasecki dies, aged 88.
Contribution:
Boeing Integrated Defense Systems
Boeing Defense & Space Group, Helicopter Division, July 1997
Boeing Helicopters, January 1990 / March 1992
Boeing Vertol, March 1987
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