The CH-47 Chinook with "Jellers"

Fighter Pilot Podcast

E. Vincent "Jell-O" Aiello, Retired U.S. Navy Fighter Pilot

History, Personal Journals, Technology, Society & Culture, Government, Leisure, Aviation

4.9 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2025

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Summary

Some aircraft have specialized roles most applicable to certain types of warfare—and thus only appear in certain conflicts around the globe.

And then there are the workhorses that show up everywhere.

On this episode, former Royal Air Force navigator-turned-pilot Elliott "Jellers" Jardine explains how the Boeing CH-47 Chinook is one of those aircraft. From Vietnam to the Falkland Islands to Sierra Leone and the more recent desert operations, the Chinook is always in demand. And always delivers.

Stay tuned after the feature interview for an important update on the future of this show.

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0:00.0	The aircraft, it can carry an awful lot of stuff.
0:02.0	Internally, I think their record stands either in over 100, 110 or something,
0:07.0	with a number of people you could fit in the back of C-17.
0:09.0	So these aircraft are designed with size in mind.
0:12.0	It's an American platform like.
0:13.0	So it goes fastest, goes furthest, carries the most, and to be fair, you don't want to go the war on anything else.
0:19.0	Say, my, go.
0:22.3	Black one, back one.
0:25.3	Another Samblone.
0:27.3	Another Samblion.
0:28.3	Same decision.
0:29.1	Roger that.
0:30.1	Get out of it.
0:31.3	Wait, somebody got to get on the world.
0:32.1	500,000.
0:33.3	Get out of here.
0:34.3	Got, got to get me, boys.
0:37.1	Hello and welcome to the Fighter. Oh, fine. Me, boys.
0:42.9	Hello and welcome to the fighter pilot podcast, the internet show that explores the fascinating world of air combat, the aircraft, the weapon systems, and as we always like to say,
0:47.5	most importantly, the people.
0:49.4	I am your host, Vincent Aiello, Callsangello, and despite the hundreds of episodes of this show over the past
0:55.4	eight years, exploring dozens of military aircraft from the obscure to the beloved, somehow
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