Columbia Helicopters Incorporated and the Boeing BV-234 Chinook.

Columbia Helicopters Incorporated (CHI)

and the BV-234

A Boeing BV-234UT, once belonging to Donald "Your Fired" Trump, at some point purchased by Columbia Helicopters Incorporated.

Above is a photograph of a BV-234UT belonging to Columbia Helicopters Incorporated (CHI), headquartered at the Aurora State Airport, Aurora, Oregon. The picture was taken in Ecuador, hence the Ecuadorian registration. ICARO-AIR, based in Quito, Ecuador, was a supplier of aviation services and the company the helicopter was supporting. When this picture was taken, the helicopter was performing oil field work for an Italian owned company. This helicopter had AVCO Lycoming AL 5512 engines. The empty weight was 21,950 lbs, slightly less than the military version of the CH-47, and had a 28,000 pound external load capability. The 1,050 gallon external main fuel tanks were removed and two 500 gallon extended range fuel tanks were internally installed to save on weight and cut down on parasite drag. This helicopter was formerly registered as N241CH, belonging to Donald Trump at one time. As of August 2002, Columbia Helicopters possessed 8 of the 13 BV-234 Chinooks produced by Boeing, and 16 BV-107's (civilian CH-46). The helicopters were used primarily for logging, fighting forest fires, construction, and oil field support.

Below, a Columbia Helicopter's BV-234UT, tail number N245CH, supporting logging operations in Northern California, circa 2002.