Info needed on M217 tanker

[Grant Bowker]

Originally Posted by Ed Storey

(147002 was lost due to a taxiing accident at Rankin Inlet on 17 August, 1982)

Seven years later, in 1989, the dent made when the rotor blade hit the light post was still visible in Rankin Inlet... I don't know the current status of the pole but the satellite shot shows the airport has developed quite a bit since then so it may have been moved or replaced.



Another tid-bit about the Uplands based Chinook, the downwash of one caused a Lear-Jet to roll inverted as the Lear was departing Ottawa International Airport (co-located with CFB Uplands). No injuries but there was a very scared Lear pilot and ATC paid more attention to separation afterwards.