CODE NAME : CH-146
SURNAME :
GRIFFON

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Length: 17.1 meters
Rotorspan: 14 meters
Height: 4.6 meters
Weight: 5,355 kg
Power: Pratt & Whitney's PT6T-3D
engine
Speed: 220 km/h (cruise) up to 260 km/h
(maximum speed)
Range: 656 km (with full tanks)
Passengers: 648 km
Crew: Two pilots, one flight engineer
Year(s)
procured:
1995 to 1997
Quantity
in CF:
99
Location(s): • 400 Tactical Helicopter Squadron
(THS), Borden, Ont: 7X CH146
• 403 Helicopter and Operational
Training Squadron (HOTS),
Gagetown, N.B. : 14X CH146
• 408 THS, Edmonton,
Alta.: 18X CH146
• 427 THS, Petawawa,
Ont.: 18X CH146
• 430e Escadron tactique
d'hélicoptères (ETAH), Valcartier,
Que.: 14X CH146
• 438e ETAH, St.Hubert,
Que.: 9X CH146
• 417 Combat Support Squadron
(CSS), Cold Lake, Alta.: 3X CH146
• 439e Escadron de soutien au
combat, Bagotville, Que.: 3X CH146
• 444 CSS, Goose Bay,
Lab.: 3X CH146
• AETE, Cold Lake, Alta.: 2X CH146
Total Number
of Griffons:
88 in 1 Wing (including eight in
BRWAU), and 11 in the rest of
Canada. One was destroyed
following a crash in Labrador.