Columbia Helicopters CH-47D Chinook fights first wildfirenews Terry Spruce 20 Jun 16 0Columbia Helicopters have added internal firefighting tanks to its fleet of CH-47D Chinook helicopters this season. The fleet was called upon and N471CH has now… Read more
Columbia Helicopters gains certificate to operate CH-47Dnews Terry Spruce 17 Nov 14 0Columbia Helicopters has received the FAA Restricted Category Type Certificate for eight “D Model” helicopters. The company has also received the Certificate of Airworthiness for… Read more
Summit Aviation prepares ex-US Army Chinook for firefighting rolenews Terry Spruce 12 Sep 14 0Summit Aviation, a Greenwich AeroGroup company, has recently converted a Boeing CH-47D Chinook helicopter into a firefighting aircraft. Late last year, the US military began… Read more
Columbia Helicopters acquires three Chinook helicoptersnews Terry Spruce 24 Feb 14 0Columbia Helicopters based in Aurora, Oregon has acquired three Boeing CH-47D Chinook helicopters from the US government, expanding the company’s fleet of commercial super-heavy-lift helicopters. “We… Read more
