Global Demand Puts Aircranes, Commercial Chinooks Back Into Production
Rotak Helicopter Services will be the first customer for Columbia’s Model 234SP program converting former U.S. Army CH-47Ds to the Commercial Chinook configuration.
Credit: Tony Osborne/AW&ST
U.S.-made commercial heavy-lift helicopters are back in vogue and being built again to meet a global need for more aircraft for firefighting and aerial work. Erickson Inc. is producing the first new-build S-64 Aircrane since the 1960s, while Columbia Helicopters is assembling the first new Model 234...
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