66-19099

 

 

         
CH-47B 66-19099 at Cairns Army Airfield (KOZR), Fort Rucker, Alabama, on the occasion of reaching 1000 flight hours. 66-19099 was the first B model to reach that level. Shown in the photograph from left to right are Red Harvin, Aircraft Maintenance Foreman, Wiley King, Aircraft General Foreman, Andy Marshall, Test Coordinator, all employees of Hawthorne Aviation and Manuel Venegas, Test Project Engineer with the US Army Aviation Test Board.

             CH-47B 66-19099 at Cairns Army Airfield (KOZR), Fort Rucker, Alabama, on the occasion of reaching 1000 flight hours. 66-19099 was the first B model to reach that level. Shown in the photograph, from left to right, are Red Harvin, Aircraft Maintenance Foreman, Wiley King, Aircraft General Foreman, Andy Marshall, Test Coordinator, all employees of Hawthorne Aviation and Manuel Venegas, Test Project Engineer with the US Army Aviation Test Board. This aircraft and 66-19098 were the first two B models and were delivered directly to Fort Rucker for lead-the-fleet testing and the Time Between Overhaul (TBO) extension program. Click-N-Go Here to view a larger version of this image.

 

 

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          This aircraft was piloted by:

 

          Your Name Here.

 

 

          This aircraft was crewed by:

 

          SP5 Mark "BJ" Bjurstrom, Flight Engineer, 1968.

 

 

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