FMS contract for Taiwanese Chinooks

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Boeing Co will start to deliver in 2000 nine CH-47SD (Super D) Chinooks to Taiwan under a Foreign Military Sales contract. The more than $300 million contract includes maintenance and flight training. Taiwan has three Boeing 234 commercial Chinooks converted to military service which are being used in VIP transport and relief operations. Boeing's vp and general manager for Military Rotorcraft said the sale was very important for their company and the US Army Program Management Center.

New orders received

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Adapted Comanche makes first flight

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The Comanche, with a new empennage design, was flight tested in Dec 2000. The RAH-66 flew its full up configuration with lowered exhaust doors, alternate main rotor pylon, main rotor hub fairing and the fire control radar 'aero-dummy.' The empennage design consists of vertical and horizontal stabilizers and new vertical structure. The tail structure, mounted above the shrouded tail rotor, permits component adjustments to optimize a final tail design for production.

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