| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | N47CU |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Boeing Vertol HC-1B Chinook |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Boeing H-47 Chinook (234/347) |
| Aircraft Version: | Coulson CU-47 Chinook |
| Manufacturers: | Boeing / Coulson |
| C/n (msn): | M3440 |
| Operator Titles: | Coulson & Tan |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Palm Springs - Jacqueline Cochran RegionalMap |
| Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: KTRM IATA: TRM Local: TRM Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 29 October 2022 |
| Photo by: | Kenneth I. Swartz |
| Photo ID: | 532993 |
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Boeing CH-47D, N47CU is one of the oldest operational Chinooks in the world, and the oldest in civil use. Built as CH-47A msn B017, 61-2413 for the US Army and later upgraded to a CH-47D, msn M3440, 92-0299. It was sold to Unical Aviation Inc. in California and registered N160EB in April 2017. In March 2019, Coulson Aviation partnered with Unical to put some of its ex-US Army CH-47s and UH-60As to work fighting wildfires in the US, Australia and South America. Reregistered N47CU in Sep 2019. Coulson-Unical renamed Coulson & Tan. N47CU went to Chile by sea in Nov 2022 to fight wildfires. This photo is copyright © Kenneth I. Swartz, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 25 December 2022, and has since been viewed 764 times. |