Former Chinook HC3 #2
ZH900 is now at HC5 standard and is one of eight former HC3s that were intended for UK special forces operations when first procured. The attempt to do SF Chinooks on the 'cheap' to a UK only spec predictably ended as a disaster with the variant deemed unairworthy and stored unusable for many years. It was only after another fortune was spent converting them back to the UK standard specification that they entered service many years later.
Former Chinook HC3 #2
ZH900 is now at HC5 standard and is one of eight former HC3s that were intended for UK special forces operations when first procured. The attempt to do SF Chinooks on the 'cheap' to a UK only spec predictably ended as a disaster with the variant deemed unairworthy and stored unusable for many years. It was only after another fortune was spent converting them back to the UK standard specification that they entered service many years later.