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    Airframe Family: Boeing-Vertol V-234 / H-47 Chinook
    Latest Model:234
    Construction Number:MJ005
    Last Civil Registration:P2-CHY
    Compressed ID:Boeing-Vertol 234 cn MJ005 cr P2-CH...
    Latest Owner or Location:Columbia Helicopters Inc

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a 234.

    To Columbia Helicopters Leasing Inc, Portland, OR with new c/r N238CH.

    16 February 2000

    Civil registration, N238CH, cancelled.
    Exported to Canada.

    17 February 2000

    To Helifor Industries Ltd, Campbell River, BC with new c/r C-FHFB.

    20 July 2002

    Assigned civil registration: C-FHFB (234, MJ005)

    28 March 2011


    Photographer: Tim Martin
    Notes: 2011 photo at Victoria BC - One of a fleet of Chinooks operated jointly by Helifor in Canada and Columbia Helicopters in the US. The a/c move back and forth between the two counties with confusing results. This one has Columbia titles but a Helifor maple leaf on the tail and also 38 on the front from when it was registered N238CH.

    12 September 2012


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: Firefighting out of Wilbur Airport (Wilbur, WA, USA)

    20 November 2012

    To Columbia Helicopters Leasing Inc, Portland, OR with new c/r N238CH.

    22 April 2013

    Certificate of airworthiness for N238CH (234, MJ005) issued.

    9 December 2014

    To Columbia Helicopters Inc, Aurora, OR keeping c/r N238CH.

    Circa 15 August 2015

    Operated by a fire service.

    15 August 2015


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the 7-M Ranch air string on Butts Canyon Road near Middletown, California, during operations to fight the fires threatening Middletown.

    May 2017

    To Columbia Helicopters Inc with new c/r P2-CHY.

    18 May 2017

    Civil registration, N238CH, cancelled.
    Exported to Papua New Guinea.

    November 2021

    Civil registration, P2-CHY, cancelled.

    9 December 2021

    Certificate of airworthiness for N238CH (234, MJ005) issued.
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