Chinook To Fly With CH-53K Engine

Tony Osborne December 06, 2017
Credit: CH-47: Boeing
MESA, Arizona—Boeing, General Electric and the U.S. Army’s aviation flight test directorate are planning to fly a CH-47 Chinook fitted with the T408 turboshaft from the Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion. Flight trials, planned for the end of 2018, will explore the potential of the engine as a future...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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