Boeing Chinook and helicopter SO 1221 Djinn in the Swiss Alps.

Boeing Chinook and helicopter SO 1221 Djinn in the Swiss Alps.
1. Boeing CH-47 "Chinook".

After 1960. The size is 25.2 x 25.3 cm. Without defects.

Boeing CH-47 "Chinook" (English: Boeing CH-47 Chinook, CH - from Cargo Helicopter) is an American heavy military transport helicopter of the longitudinal scheme. It was developed on the basis of the CH-46 and has been widely used since the early 1960s. He was replaced in the US Army by the H-37 helicopter, and later by the CH — 54. It is in service with more than 20 countries of the world. In addition to the United States, it was produced since 1970 in Italy (more than 200 helicopters) and Japan (Kawasaki produced 54 helicopters).

2. Jean Dabos is piloting a helicopter SO 1221 Djinn in the Swiss Alps.

Switzerland, Alps, March 3, 1955. - 1 photo. Size 24 x 18 cm. Without significant defects.

Sud-Ouest S. O. 1221 Djinn is a light two-seat helicopter with a jet (compressor) main rotor drive. It was developed and produced by the French company Sud-Ouest (later Sud Aviation) from 1954 to the mid-1960s. The only currently mass-built jet helicopter.

[The picture shows the events of March 3, 1955, when the third prototype of the SNCASO S. O. 1221 Djinn F-WGVY under the control of French pilot Jean Dabos reached a record altitude of 13,500 feet. The prototype arrived in Switzerland with a group of technicians to perform high-altitude test flights and made several takeoffs and landings.

Among the eyewitnesses was the famous Swiss Colonel Willy Frey.]