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Old 13th Mar 2009, 13:55
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The Sea King is a classic by any definition.

However, as a Chinook Pilot, I would like to remind you the Chinook first flew on my birthday in 1961, and is still rolling off the assembly line as the CH-47F. They no doubt will be flying long after I depart for warmer regions with perpetual fire.

CH-47F, 98-00011, which stared off as an A model before being upgraded to a D model, is now 44 years old and still going strong.

That is the difference between a classic and an Icon!

I wonder if the Sea King will outlast the S-92?
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