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Show ' " y PARIS BOUND A U. S. Army CH-47A CHINOOK flies over the East River In New York City. The CHINOOK will be on display at the Paris -Air and Space Show in June. The 30-foot long cabin with straight-in rear loading will accommodate 33 combat equipped troops, or carry, components of the huge PERSHING missile system. Manufactured by Boeing Company's Vertol Division, the twin-turbine helicopter heli-copter has a cruising radius of 100 nautical miles at 130 knots. The CHINOOK will cross the Atlantic by steamship. |