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          89-00137

 

         
As of today, this airframe is 56.8 years old.

 

             89-00137, Boeing D model kit number M3291, was a CH-47D helicopter. The U.S. Army acceptance date was 15 February 1990. As of 26 July 2000, 89-00137 had accumulated 2,489.0 D model hours and 6,061.0 total aircraft hours. 89-00137 was a conversion from the original C model Chinook 67-18517. On 26 January 1989, 89-00137 was inducted into the D model program, converted, and assigned to the United States Army Reserve, located in Washington State. In May 95, 89-00137 was part of a four-ship detachment (Detachment 1, Company A - "Hook-ers", 6th Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment) flown to Beaumont, Texas, cocooned (shrink wrapped), and placed on a fast boat bound for Port au Prince, Haiti, West Indies. 90-00212, 85-24354 and 90-00214 made up the rest of the party. On Sunday, 30 July 2000, 89-00137 was transferred from Company A, 5th Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment, located at Gray Army Airfield, Washington, to Company A (-), 7th Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment, located at Fort Hood Texas. As of July 2000, both units were in the 244th Aviation Brigade, United States Army Reserve (USAR). As of 1 January 2002, this aircraft was 33.6 years old. As of 30 July 2000, the last known location of 89-00137 was Fort Hood, Texas. Aircraft status: Flyable.

 

 

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