Three Chinooks to Enter Commercial Service with Columbia Helicopters
Columbia Helicopters has acquired three U.S. government Boeing CH-47D Chinook helicopters to augment its fleet of six Chinooks and 14 Vertol 107-II helicopters.
Columbia Helicopters has acquired three U.S. government Boeing CH-47D Chinook helicopters to augment its fleet of six Chinooks and 14 Vertol 107-II helicopters.

Finding new life for military surplus helicopters is the ultimate in recycling, and Portland, Ore.-based Columbia Helicopters (Booth No. 4706) has everything it needs to recycle the three rugged Boeing CH-47D Chinooks it purchased recently from the U.S. government.