As the OEM of the FAA-certified Chinook 234SP helicopter, Columbia is trusted to deliver heavy-lift solutions in aerial firefighting, disaster relief, defense sustainment, and infrastructure industries.

Columbia Helicopters, Incorporated (CHI) is an aircraft manufacturing and operator company based in Aurora, Oregon, United States. It is known for operating tandem rotor helicopters; in present times, exclusively the Boeing Vertol 107 and Boeing Vertol 234.

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2024年2月28日 · Aurora, Oregon: February 27, 2024 – Columbia Helicopters, a global leader in heavy-lift helicopter solutions, announces a new development program to redefine Chinook commercial operations worldwide. As the OEM of the Commercial Chinook, the Model 234, Columbia plans to create a new model of supe ...

2024年2月28日 · Columbia Helicopters expects the super heavy-lift 234SP to enter service in 2025.

2024年2月28日 · Columbia Helicopters is looking to capitalise on growing demand for commercial heavy-lift rotorcraft for firefighting and other utility missions as it pushes ahead with a new military-to-civil...

2024年2月27日 · Columbia Helicopters (CHI) plans to create a new model of the legendary Chinook, the 234 Special Purpose (234SP), by converting ex military CH-47D aircraft. Certification and market entry planned for 2025

Headquartered in Aurora, Oregon, Columbia Helicopters has more than 50 years of history in the helicopter business and developed the Direct Visual Operational Control (DVOC) technique now used by operators world-wide.

2024年2月27日 · Columbia Helicopters announced a new development program to redefine Chinook commercial operations worldwide. As the OEM of the Commercial Chinook, Model 234, Columbia plans to create a new model of super heavy-lift aircraft through converting existing CH-47D Chinook aircraft.

2023年11月29日 · Founded in 1957, Columbia Helicopters is a US-based aviation services company which specializes in the use of twin-rotor helicopters to provide a range of services. This includes aerial firefighting and emergency response, as well as providing support to the forestry, oil and gas, infrastructure, and defense sectors.