CH47 Chinook firefighter
Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2016 3:03 pm
I caught the Athens TN, 5th Saturday fly in breakfast over the weekend and this bad boy was on the ramp! I had no idea that these big birds were re-purposed for firefighting. The Columbia crew gave us in impromptu tour and even let us sit in the cockpit. It has a 2800 gal internal tank that it can fill from a drop tube in about 4 minutes. They contract with the forest service and are in the area for the fires near Ocoee filling from Parksville lake. Impressive to say the least!