CH-47 Chinook: The Ultimate Heavy Lift Helicopter

The CH-47 Chinook is a tandem rotor helicopter developed by American rotorcraft company Vertol and manufactured by Boeing Vertol. The Chinook is a heavy-lift helicopter that is among the heaviest lifting Western helicopters. Its name, Chinook, is from the Native American Chinook people of Oregon and Washington state.Improved and more powerful versions of the CH-47 have been developed since the helicopter entered service. The U.S. Army’s first major design leap was the now-common CH-47D, which entered service in 1982.