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          As the Rotor Turns

 

 

          Dateline: Fort Wainwright, Alaska - 16 April 2003. Chinook helicopter 89-00170 and the effects of wind on unsecured Tunnel Covers:

 

 

         
The effects of wind on unsecured Tunnel Covers on 89-00170, 16 April 2003.

 

 

             As shown in these photographs, those who forget to secure their tunnel covers after the inspection risk loosing them when another aircraft taxis by. In this case, two covers were completely removed, and a third was damaged at the hinge points and tunnel cover support strut attachment points.

 

 

         
Damaged tunnel cover components.

 

 

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