"Not sure what your point is Vertolnut but N192CH is a KV-107, the model made by Kawasaki in Japan after 1965 and therefore very much an afterthought rather than a precedent.
The first production model 107s were military ones built to Army contract in 1958.
CH-46s (V-107Ms) went into Marine service in 1964. By the time N192CH was built there were literally hundreds of CH-46s wizzing about."
I'm sorry if StbD did not read my post because I clearly stated in the first line "The aircraft is N192CH a Kawasaki Vertol 107-II" and that specific airframe "was built in Japan in 1967." The production line of the BV107 & CH-46 in Philadelphia started with N6672D (Serial number 2 I might add after the prototype that the Army test flew) which was delivered to New York Airways in July of 1962 which was one month prior to the flight of any CH-46. Check your own references that you cite (Boeing).
In regards to your comment "They are all the same basic aircraft and the FAA type rating for them lists them as BV-107s." Sorry but there are two separate type certificates for the Boeing Vertol 107 and Kawasaki Vertol 107 respectively. Check the FAA database.
The point of my previous point of my previous post was to give you the specific history of that aircraft N192CH and that it, nor are any civil BV107 or KV107, a "CH-46." And they sure as heck aren't a Chinook. That title goes to the Boeing 234 Commercial Chinook.
A nice shot of N6672D in NYA colors:
http://www.airliners.net/photo/New-York-Airways/Boeing-Vertol-107-II/0094285/L/
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