Boeing CH-47 Chinook had remained in both production and frontline service for over 50 years. The military version of the helicopter has been subject to numerous export sales from nations across the world, typically using it as heavy-lift rotorcraft in a military context; the U.S. Army and the Royal Air Force (see Boeing Chinook (UK variants)) have been its two largest users. The civilian version of the Chinook is the Boeing Vertol 234. It has been used for a variety of purposes by a range of different civil operators, having often been used for passenger and cargo transport, along with niche roles such
Chinook Wines by wine experts such as Paul Gregutt to be "the classic expression of Yakima Valley fruit". Chinook's work with Cabernet franc, in particular, has garnered the statewide acclaim with the dry Cabernet franc "rosé" often described in wine reviews as a "Washington Chinon". The winery is named after the Chinook wind that blows through the Pacific Northwest rather than the Chinook salmon that is also common to the region. Chinook was founded in 1983 in the Yakima Valley by the wife-husband team of Kay Simon and Clay Mackey who met while both were working at Chateau Ste. Michelle with Simon