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LEFT: A fan favourite
at the Avalon Air Show, the Chinook fleet is a valuable airlift asset for the ADF.
FAR LEFT: Boeing Defence Australia and Army have been working together
in various forms for years to maintain the Chinook fleet through its various iterations.
duce something as specialised as that out of the US and we found that Ferra was able to produce these formers for us in-country and we’ve acquired around ten of these to this point, to make sure we have some spares in holding,” Mal Porra explained to ADM.
“Marand has produced some Triple Door components, which are again associated with the rear of the aircraft, around the rear landing gear and, more recently, they have produced a complicated piece of structure known as the Canted Longeron, which is part of the structure around the rear cargo door of the aircraft.”
Rotor blade repair capability
In July 2019, Melbourne-based Boeing Australia Component Repairs (BACR) an- nounced that it has received accreditation to overhaul CH-47 rotor blades, the only facil- ity outside the US able to perform the work.
The facility will initially support the Australian Army fleet, but there are also potential opportunities to perform work for regional partners. Singapore for exam- ple, currently has five CH-47Ds based at Oakey and countries such as India, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand all op- erate significant fleets of helicopters.
“We are supporting the ADF fleet, but the facility also gives rise to support other operators of the CH-47 and certainly our intention is to maintain a steady throughput of blades through the facility now they have gained the qualification,” Porra said.
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