Former Dutch Chinook in Montana s
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Registered as N28ES, one of CH-47Ds that Billings Flying Services acquired from the Netherlands returns from a practice flight in Montana skies on an extremely cold morning. It is one of the first ever ex-foreign military Chinooks to carry a civil reg in the USA.
In an earlier post on 12 June 2023, Scramble stated that the Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu, Royal Netherlands Air Force) had sold six of their retired Boeing Vertol CH-47D Chinooks to Billings. However the actual number of Chinooks sold is seven! These are the following:
| Civil reg. | MSN | FMS | former Dutch serial |
| N28ES | M3667/NL007 | FMS 93-00667 | D-667 |
| N124CD | M4103/NL010 | FMS 93-00670 | D-103 |
| N298NL | M3661/NL001 | FMS 93-00661 | D-661 |
| N337MT | M4101/NL008 | FMS 93-00668 | D-101 |
| N406KT | M3662/NL002 | FMS 93-00662 | D-662 |
| N41BK | M4102/NL009 | FMS 93-00669 | D-102 |
| N616BV | M4106/NL013 | FMS 93-00673 | D-106 |
Photo by Billings Spotter (@BIL_spotter on 'X')