Boeing engine started in 1943 and Boeing's gas turbines were designated models 502 (T50), 520 (T60), 540, 551 and 553. Boeing built 2,461 engines before production ceased in April 1968. Many applications of the Boeing gas turbine engines were considered to be firsts, including the first turbine-powered helicopter and boat. Vertol Aircraft Corporation was acquired by Boeing in 1960, and was reorganized as Boeing's Vertol division. The twin-rotor CH-47 Chinook, produced by Vertol, took its first flight in 1961. This heavy-lift helicopter remains a work-horse vehicle to the present day. In 1964, Vertol also began production of the CH-46 Sea Knight.
Chinook Wines as a winemaker and Mackey as a viticulturalist. They opened their winery at a time that the Washington wine industry began developing in leaps and bound and Chinook was part of a wave of small "mom and pop" wineries that opened in the 1980s. That same year, the Yakima Valley AVA was established as the first American Viticultural Area in Washington State. Chinook released their first wines from the 1983 harvest, a Chardonnay and Sauvignon blanc in August, 1984. In November of that year they released a sparkling Riesling that they also served at their wedding reception. Throughout the 1980s