From The Archives: 50 Years Ago In Aviation Week - U.S. Army/Boeing Vertol CH-47 Chinook

The cover of Aviation Week’s Oct. 21, 1974 issue featured a U.S. Army/Boeing Vertol CH-47 Chinook medium-lift helicopter demonstrating its ability to transport six interlocked 105-mm. howitzers during field exercises by the 101^st Airborne Div. at Ft. Campbell, Kentucky. Photo by Pfc. Jeffrey W. Burkey.

October 21 1974 | Aviation Week

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