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Vertol Corporation

American company

Also known as: Boeing Helicopters

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relation to Boeing Company

In Boeing Company: History of Boeing Company
In 1960 Boeing purchased Vertol Corporation, then the world’s largest independent manufacturer of helicopters. As Boeing Helicopters, the unit focused on tandem-rotor helicopters and was responsible for the development of the CH-47 Chinook and CH-46 Sea Knight military transport helicopters (first flown in 1961 and 1962, respectively). Boeing’s work…
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