Boeing CH-47A Chinook helicopter 64-13149

64-13149

"Easy Money"

Aircraft 64-13149, "Easy Money", in the Republic of Vietnam.

   64-13149, Boeing build number B-121, was a ACH-47A helicopter. The U.S. Army acceptance date was 30 November 1965. The administrative strike date was sometime in 1968. 64-13149 accumulated 927.0 aircraft hours.

   64-13149 was the second of four, and sole surviving, "Guns-A-Go-Go" Chinook attack helicopters produced (64-13145, 64-13149, 64-13151, 64-13154).

   64-13149 was nick named "Easy Money".

   64-13149 was originally assigned to the Field Evaluation Detachment (Special) (CH-47) (Provisional), later to be redesignated the 53rd Aviation Detachment, Field Evaluation (Provisional), and then finally as the 1st Aviation Detachment (Provisional), and attached to the 1st Cavalry Division's 228th Aviation Support Helicopter Battalion (ASHB) at An Khe in the Republic of Vietnam (RVN).

   Following the loss of the other three ACH-47A helicopters, 64-13149 was transferred to the 765th Transportation Command (TRANSCOM) and flown to Vung Tau for use as a maintenance trainer in 1968.

   In the early 1970's, near the close of hostilities in the Republic of Vietnam, 64-13149 was transferred stateside.

   Originally to have been shipped to the New Cumberland Army Depot (NCAD), Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, sometime in January 1972 for rework as a museum exhibit, 69-13149 instead went to the Army Development and Readiness Command's Research Center in Savannah, Illinois.

   At some point, 64-13149 was transferred to Fort Eustis and utilized as a sheet metal trainer.

   Recognized for historical significance in the late 1990's, "Easy Money" was rebuilt as museum exhibit at Fort Eustis.

   In May 2000, 64-13149 was moved to Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama and put on display near the Aviation Missile Command's (AMCOM) CH-47 Program Executive Office.

   As of 5 August 2011, this aircraft was one of the three surviving, although non-operational, production versions of the CH-47A helicopter in the United States (60-03451, 61-02408, 64-13149).



   As of 5 August 2011, the last known location of 64-13149 was Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama.

   Aircraft status: Museum exhibit.