1963 BOEING VERTOL CH-113 LABRADOR on display at the Comox outdoor aviation museum on Vancouver Island. BC. Canada.
A twin-engine tandem-rotor, transport, and search-and-rescue helicopter designed and produced by the Vertol division of the Boeing Company from 1962 to 1971 Canadian-used version of the Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight, a helicopter commonly known as the Phrog Served with Canadian Army, RCAF and Canadian Forces from 1963 to 2004; its Army variant (known as Voyageur) was later converted to the Labrador Capable of landing on water due to its watertight hull Carried up to eighteen people and featured a side-mounted rescue hoist and a cargo hook Assisted in July 1996 Operation Saguenay in Quebec, in which 14,000 people were evacuated from flood-ravaged homes First flight was in 1958. This aircraft is a twin-engine, tandem-rotor search and rescue (SAR) helicopter used by the Canadian Forces from 1963 until 2004. It was a variant of the Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight designed and built in the United States. A search and rescue version was purchased by the Royal Canadian Air Force in the early 1960s and became known as the Labrador. Soon after, the Canadian Army acquired a troop and cargo version known as the Voyageur. In the mid-1970s, these army machines were replaced by CH-147 Chinook heavy lift and transport helicopters and the Voyageurs were transferred to the air force when Air Command was formed in 1975. They joined the Labradors on search and rescue duties and all were modified to a common search and rescue standard.
Size: 6016px × 4016px
Location: Commix Air Station Museum, Vancouver Island. BC. Canada
Photo credit: © David Gowans / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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