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Equipment: CH-113/CH-113A Labrador

Images courtesy of DND.

The Labrador is mainly used for search and rescue. It will soon be replaced by the EH-101 by 2002.

Facts and Figures:


Length: 25.40

Rotorspan: 15.24 m (Wingspan 5 m)

Height: 5 m

Weight: 9,707 kg

Power: Two 1,350 shaft hp T-58-GE-8F turbine engines

Speed: 275 km/h (235.7 km/h cruising speed)

Hover ceiling: 3,180 m

Range: 1,110 km

Load: (2727 kg)

Equipment: 5000 kg cargo hook, rescue hoist, rescue belt, net and litter

Passengers: (18)

Crew: 5

Year(s) procured: 1963 to 1967

Quantity in CF: 13

Location(s): 19 Wing Comox, B.C. 8 Wing Trenton, Ont. 14 Wing Greenwood, N.S. 9 Wing Gander, Nfld.


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Last updated: Thursday, December 23, 1999

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