Im under the impression 14 234s were made
and Columbia owns 9 flying plus a non-flyable ditched airframe from the north sea. Tawian has three and then the one that crashed and killed the 40 people in 1986.
The transmissons are still a problem from what the guys at Columbia told me. They are considerably different than the CH-47D transmission.
Ive got an excellent manual on the 234/CH-47D that show many differences between the two Aircraft.
As a firefighter the 234 is a real work horse with a lift capability of 28,000.
[This message has been edited by Larry (edited 26 February 2001).]