Boeing Tests New Rotor Blade For CH-47F

Boeing has completed wind tunnel tests of a new rotor blade for the CH-47F Chinook that is designed to generate 2,000 lb. more lift without degrading the heavy-lift-helicopter’s forward-flight performance. Results of scale-model tests of the latest blade configuration are “promising,” says Pat...

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