86-01648

 

         

 

             86-01648, Boeing D model kit number M3153, was a CH-47D helicopter. The U.S Army acceptance date was 10 February 1987. As of 22 June 1998, 86-01648 had accumulated 1,422.9 D model hours and 5,941.0 total aircraft hours. 86-01648 was a conversion from the original A model Chinook 65-08013. On 12 March 1986, 86-01648 was inducted into the D model program, converted, and initially scheduled for assignment to Fort Sill, Oklahoma. The last known location of 86-01648 was at Boeing during the conversion. Aircraft status: Unknown.

             Fort Benning, Georgia, 26 July 1998: Shown below, Boeing CH-47D Chinook 86-01648 and soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division of Fort Campbell Kentucky, prepare to sling load a 155 millimeter M198 howitzer, weighing in at approximately 18,000 pounds.

 

         
Boeing CH-47D Chinook 86-01648 preparing to move a howitzer.

 

 

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          The CH-47 - 40 years old and still circling the world.

         

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