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Chinook lands in NUS!

Otterman gets a tip off about unusual activity on Kent Ridge. He then discovers the reason: a Chinook landed on the multi-purpose field in NUS. Check out keropokman’s photo!.

For the uninitiated, the Chinook is a huge tandem-rotor troop/transport helicopter. I got to sit in one during in-camp training a couple of years back. Man, it was loud…

2 Comments by acroamatic on May 23, 2008

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Vic Tan
/ Friday, 23 May 2008

It was reported on ZaoBao (pg 7) that the chinook was used in the medical evacuation off a China-registered merchant ship. As the super pumas in Singapore are currently grounded due to the recent crash, chinook was used instead.

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acroamatic
/ Saturday, 24 May 2008

Ah! Thanks for shedding light on that, Vic.

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